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Winnipeg Free Press
2 days ago
- Politics
- Winnipeg Free Press
Premier's chief-of-staff takes stand in lawsuit
The premier's chief of staff was questioned in a Winnipeg court Thursday about his role in preparing a news release that an independent candidate in the 2022 byelection claims was defamatory. Mark Rosner — along with the NDP and its candidate Trudy Schroeder — is being sued for defamation in civil court by Patrick Allard, an outspoken opponent of COVID-19 public health restrictions. Allard was an independent in the March 2022 Fort Whyte byelection that was won by Obby Khan, who was recently selected as Tory party leader. In the news release, the NDP described Allard as having used 'racist rhetoric.' Allard filed the lawsuit in December 2022. Rosner, who was NDP leader Wab Kinew's chief of staff and was on the party's byelection committee, was cross-examined by Allard's lawyer, Scott Cannon, on Thursday. Rosner told Court of King's Bench Justice Shane Perlmutter he stands by that description and believes it to be a fact. 'The choice of words was deliberate,' said Rosner, when asked by Cannon whether the intent was to infer Allard was a racist. The news release was issued on behalf of Schroeder after Liberal candidate Willard Reaves called for an all-candidates forum that would include Allard. A Free Press request for comment on Reaves' proposal prompted the release. The release quoted a campaign spokesperson as saying the proposal would give 'Allard a platform to spout his anti-vaccination and racist rhetoric' and the party declined to participate. Rosner had written that section of the release. Rosner told court he was aware of Allard's opposition to COVID-19 restrictions and his commentary on the matter at the time, including the comparison of reporting violators of health orders with people who reported 'attic-hiding Jews' in Nazi Germany. Rosner said he believes that comment trivialized the Holocaust and contributed to a diminished appreciation of the wrongs and the truth of the genocide in which six million Jews were killed by Nazis. 'That rhetoric, that argument, is racist in character,' said Rosner. 'The government did not murder people in Manitoba.' Earlier this week, Abram Silver, lawyer for the NDP, questioned Allard about social media posts in which he compared the two, which Silver alleged were clearly racist. 'Make sure to turn in any attic-hiding Jews, while you're at it,' Allard wrote in a reply posted on Facebook in late 2021 or early 2022 and later uploaded to Reddit. In court, Allard had said the comments were taken out of context and specifically compared the Nazi policy that encouraged citizens to turn in their Jewish neighbours to that of the Canadian government encouraging citizens to report public health violators during the pandemic. Allard said in court he does not think those comments trivialize the Holocaust, but elevate concern about official overreach. On Thursday, Cannon argued Rosner was not aware of those specific comments prior to when he helped write the news release. Rosner denied that. He suggested to Rosner he was reckless when he used the term 'racist rhetoric' — which the political staffer denied. Cannon has argued the news release was a political strategy motivated by malice to damage Allard's reputation and improve the NDP's standing in the byelection. In August 2022, Allard was fined $34,000 for repeatedly breaching public health orders in 2020 and 2021. He was a fixture at anti-lockdown rallies in the province. Ousted NDP MLA Mark Wasyliw briefly sat in the public gallery at Rosner's cross-examination Thursday morning. Wasyliw, a defence lawyer, sits as an independent in Fort Garry after being booted from the NDP caucus last fall. Erik PinderaReporter Erik Pindera is a reporter for the Free Press, mostly focusing on crime and justice. The born-and-bred Winnipegger attended Red River College Polytechnic, wrote for the community newspaper in Kenora, Ont. and reported on television and radio in Winnipeg before joining the Free Press in 2020. Read more about Erik. Every piece of reporting Erik produces is reviewed by an editing team before it is posted online or published in print — part of the Free Press's tradition, since 1872, of producing reliable independent journalism. Read more about Free Press's history and mandate, and learn how our newsroom operates. Our newsroom depends on a growing audience of readers to power our journalism. If you are not a paid reader, please consider becoming a subscriber. Our newsroom depends on its audience of readers to power our journalism. Thank you for your support.
Saba Yemen
3 days ago
- Politics
- Saba Yemen
Excerpts of Sayyid Leader speech about latest developments 02 Dhu al-Hijjah 1446
Sana'a - (Saba): The leader Al-Sayyid Abdul Malik Al-Houthi: When we reflect on the tragedy of the Palestinian people, we must recognise that it spans a full seventy-seven years and should not be viewed merely through the lens of a single week's suffering. #Master_Of_Words_And_Deeds #We_Will_Not_Abandon_Gaza The leader Al-Sayyid Abdul Malik Al-Houthi: The enemy's targeting of the nine children of that Palestinian doctor is one of the recurring tragedies endured by the Palestinian people. #Master_Of_Words_And_Deeds #We_Will_Not_Abandon_Gaza The leader Al-Sayyid Abdul Malik Al-Houthi: The Zionist aid distribution plan is a deceptive tactic and a farce, designed deliberately to engineer starvation in the Gaza Strip. #Master_Of_Words_And_Deeds #We_Will_Not_Abandon_Gaza The leader Al-Sayyid Abdul Malik Al-Houthi: The mechanism for distributing that aid is an internationally unacceptable farce. No one should accept it, and any international party that does—be it the UN or other organizations—is complicit in violating all international conventions and human rights. #Master_Of_Words_And_Deeds #We_Will_Not_Abandon_Gaza The leader Al-Sayyid Abdul Malik Al-Houthi: The anniversary of the Zionist Jewish occupation of Al-Quds remains one of the darkest memories of our Islamic Ummah. #Master_Of_Words_And_Deeds #We_Will_Not_Abandon_Gaza The leader Al-Sayyid Abdul Malik Al-Houthi: The Ummah must assess its reality and the mounting threats to the Al-Aqsa Mosque, as the Israeli enemy persists in hostile steps aimed ultimately at its destruction. #Master_Of_Words_And_Deeds #We_Will_Not_Abandon_Gaza The leader Al-Sayyid Abdul Malik Al-Houthi: Israel makes no secret of its intention to destroy the Al-Aqsa Mosque; this goal is openly declared, and the measures to achieve it are laid bare. #Master_Of_Words_And_Deeds #We_Will_Not_Abandon_Gaza The leader Al-Sayyid Abdul Malik Al-Houthi: There are now twenty-seven tunnels and excavations beneath and around the Al-Aqsa Mosque, through which the enemy seeks to cause the mosque to collapse. #Master_Of_Words_And_Deeds #We_Will_Not_Abandon_Gaza The leader Al-Sayyid Abdul Malik Al-Houthi: It was evident from the scale of Zionist incursions and the rituals performed within the Al-Aqsa Mosque that they are actively working to Judaise it and erase its Islamic identity. #Master_Of_Words_And_Deeds #We_Will_Not_Abandon_Gaza The leader Al-Sayyid Abdul Malik Al-Houthi: The Jews chanted 'Death to Arabs' in the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, a chant they have been repeating for 77 years as a clear expression of their hostility towards all Arabs. #Master_Of_Words_And_Deeds #We_Will_Not_Abandon_Gaza The leader Al-Sayyid Abdul Malik Al-Houthi: The Jews' chants are an insult to all the prophets, to the Seal of the Prophets (PBUH&F), and to the exalted and sacred status of prophethood and divine message. #Master_Of_Words_And_Deeds #We_Will_Not_Abandon_Gaza The leader Al-Sayyid Abdul Malik Al-Houthi: While the Jews' persistent display of disbelief, evil, and corruption is not surprising, what is truly shocking is the widespread silence and passivity of the Arab and Muslim world. #Master_Of_Words_And_Deeds #We_Will_Not_Abandon_Gaza The leader Al-Sayyid Abdul Malik Al-Houthi: The Israeli enemy harbours deep hatred towards all Arabs and Muslims and does not even recognise them as human beings! #Master_Of_Words_And_Deeds #We_Will_Not_Abandon_Gaza The leader Al-Sayyid Abdul Malik Al-Houthi: The Jews view those they call goyim—meaning non-Jews from other human societies—as mere animals, even beneath the level of animals. #Master_Of_Words_And_Deeds #We_Will_Not_Abandon_Gaza The leader Al-Sayyid Abdul Malik Al-Houthi: Islam embodies the values of goodness, justice, noble ethics, and innate human values, while the Zionist Jews stand as enemies of all these values. #Master_Of_Words_And_Deeds #We_Will_Not_Abandon_Gaza The leader Al-Sayyid Abdul Malik Al-Houthi: Zionist Jews represent the very essence of evil through their beliefs, behaviours, and actions, and this is plain to see in what they are doing to Gaza. #Master_Of_Words_And_Deeds #We_Will_Not_Abandon_Gaza The leader Al-Sayyid Abdul Malik Al-Houthi: The Zionist Jews have revealed themselves to the entire world as a force of evil, darkness, and corruption, driven by hatred and utterly devoid of respect for universally shared human values. The leader Al-Sayyid Abdul Malik Al-Houthi: Even as people across the globe call for an end to the genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza, the Zionist Jews ignore these pleas with utter indifference. #Master_Of_Words_And_Deeds #We_Will_Not_Abandon_Gaza The leader Al-Sayyid Abdul Malik Al-Houthi: The tools with which the Israeli enemy digs tunnels and excavations beneath the Al-Aqsa Mosque and Al-Quds are used to destroy the history, present, and future of the Muslim Ummah. #Master_Of_Words_And_Deeds #We_Will_Not_Abandon_Gaza The leader Al-Sayyid Abdul Malik Al-Houthi: The Israeli enemy stands ready to commit the same crimes against your children as it did against the children of Palestine. # Master_Of_Words_And_Deeds #We_Will_Not_Abandon_Gaza The leader Al-Sayyid Abdul Malik Al-Houthi: The Israeli enemy's plans for Mecca, the Sacred House, the rituals of Hajj, Medina, and the Mosque of the Prophet (PBUH&F) are not different from those plans targeting other Islamic holy sites. #Master_Of_Words_And_Deeds #We_Will_Not_Abandon_Gaza The leader Al-Sayyid Abdul Malik Al-Houthi: The resilience of the Palestinian people is the main reason the Israeli enemy has been unable to push forward with the rest of its agenda. # Master_Of_Words_And_Deeds #We_Will_Not_Abandon_Gaza The leader Al-Sayyid Abdul Malik Al-Houthi: To compensate for its failures, the Israeli enemy has turned to horrific crimes, genocide, starvation, and the deliberate targeting of hospitals and the displaced. The leader Al-Sayyid Abdul Malik Al-Houthi: The Americans are providing full support—with all kinds of weapons, financial backing using trillions from Arab wealth, media and political support, and even incitement! # Master_Of_Words_And_Deeds #We_Will_Not_Abandon_Gaza The leader Al-Sayyid Abdul Malik Al-Houthi: There have been repeated calls by members of the U.S. Congress for the complete extermination of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip using nuclear bombs! #Master_Of_Words_And_Deeds #We_Will_Not_Abandon_Gaza The leader Al-Sayyid Abdul Malik Al-Houthi: What is happening in Syria confirms that no one is safe from the Israeli enemy. #Master_Of_Words_And_Deeds #We_Will_Not_Abandon_Gaza The leader Al-Sayyid Abdul Malik Al-Houthi: The Red Sea remains closed to the Israeli enemy, with navigation fully prohibited for it. #Master_Of_Words_And_Deeds #We_Will_Not_Abandon_Gaza The leader Al-Sayyid Abdul Malik Al-Houthi: There is no movement of ships linked to the Israeli enemy in the area of operations in the Red Sea, from Bab Al-Mandab to the Gulf of Aden and the Arabian Sea. #Master_Of_Words_And_Deeds #We_Will_Not_Abandon_Gaza The leader Al-Sayyid Abdul Malik Al-Houthi: Once again, I call upon and appeal to five Arab and Islamic regimes to end their cooperation with the Israeli enemy. #Master_Of_Words_And_Deeds #We_Will_Not_Abandon_Gaza The leader Al-Sayyid Abdul Malik Al-Houthi: The Israeli aggression on Sana'a Airport will not stop Yemeni operations in support of the Palestinian people. #Master_Of_Words_And_Deeds #We_Will_Not_Abandon_Gaza The leader Al-Sayyid Abdul Malik Al-Houthi: Any sacrifices we make for the sake of Allah are honourable sacrifices, as we take a practical and jihadist stand against the Israeli enemy. #Master_Of_Words_And_Deeds #We_Will_Not_Abandon_Gaza The leader Al-Sayyid Abdul Malik Al-Houthi: We seek escalation in support of the Palestinian people, and upcoming operations will be more effective and impactful against the Israeli enemy. #Master_Of_Words_And_Deeds #We_Will_Not_Abandon_Gaza The leader Al-Sayyid Abdul Malik Al-Houthi: Over the span of 20 months, our people carried out 2,112,701 activities, including demonstrations, marches, and various protest actions. #Master_Of_Words_And_Deeds #We_Will_Not_Abandon_Gaza The leader Al-Sayyid Abdul Malik Al-Houthi: The failure of the American aggression against our country is a great success by Allah's grace and a tremendous victory for our dear people. #Master_Of_Words_And_Deeds #We_Will_Not_Abandon_Gaza The leader Al-Sayyid Abdul Malik Al-Houthi: Responding to Allah and moving forward in His cause builds the Ummah—making it strong, effective, dignified, free, resilient, and steadfast in facing challenges. #Master_Of_Words_And_Deeds #We_Will_Not_Abandon_Gaza The leader Al-Sayyid Abdul Malik Al-Houthi: There is consensus in the West on the failure of the second round of American escalation against our country in support of Israel. 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Indian Express
3 days ago
- Politics
- Indian Express
Harvard given 30 days to respond as Trump administration threatens foreign student ban
The Trump administration signalled on Thursday that it may walk back on its plan to immediately revoke Harvard University's ability to enrol foreign students, following backlash and logistical concerns over the move. As per a report by Reuters, in a court filing, the Department of Homeland Security issued a formal notice of intent to Harvard on Wednesday, warning that it plans to withdraw the university's certification under the federal Student and Exchange Visitor Program. The Ivy League institution now has 30 days to respond. The notice arrived just ahead of a federal court hearing that will decide whether a temporary block on the Trump administration's earlier revocation order should be extended. Since returning to office in January, President Donald Trump has escalated his campaign against elite universities, placing institutions like Harvard under heightened scrutiny for alleged political bias. But the administration's tougher stance began to take shape well before his latest term. The turning point came in the aftermath of Hamas' October 7, 2023, attack on Israel, which ignited the Gaza war and fuelled widespread campus protests across the United States. At a congressional hearing two months after the October 7 attacks, then-Harvard President Claudine Gay was asked whether 'calling for the genocide of Jews' would violate the university's rules on bullying and harassment. 'It can be, depending on the context,' Gay responded — a statement that stunned students, donors, and lawmakers alike, and exposed deep divisions within Harvard and its alumni network. Gay later issued a public apology, but the fallout, compounded by a separate plagiarism scandal, led to her resignation. Many Jewish advocacy groups said her departure pointed to a broader failure by Harvard to adequately confront antisemitism on campus. Despite the leadership change, the Trump administration has kept up the pressure and launched an aggressive campaign against Harvard, citing alleged antisemitism and discrimination on campus. This began with an executive order targeting institutions that fail to protect Jewish students, followed by investigations, threats to revoke visas of foreign students, and multiple funding freezes. Harvard has been placed under scrutiny by several federal agencies, with demands to dismantle DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) programmes, stop race-based admissions, and increase 'viewpoint diversity.' Despite Harvard President Alan Garber's firm defence of academic freedom and constitutional protections, the administration escalated pressure, cutting off new research grants, threatening tax-exempt status, and ultimately revoking the university's ability to enrol international students. The Department of Energy and other agencies also terminated hundreds of millions in funding. Harvard has responded with lawsuits, claiming First Amendment violations and federal overreach.
Kiwiblog
24-05-2025
- Politics
- Kiwiblog
General Debate 24 May 2025
Was out to dinner with some ex-pats here in Thailand. One of the couple was from Seattle and they said they'd sold everything and just moved here. One of the couple had very masculine features and though I didn't ask assumed they were trans. I asked what the imperative was and they said they were LGB and they were afraid of their lives. I thought that was a bit OTT so asked what was happening. The example they used was people renewing their passports (for the USA Real ID I think that's coming in strongly now) but the government was confiscating their paperwork. Why would they do that, I asked. Turns out people are applying for passports as Josephine Bloggs but their birth certificate says Joeseph Bloggs. Now I didn't want to get thrown out right from the get go, so I kind of stopped there but FFS. You can't have your passport and birth certificate being different. That's fraud. If you want to be a trans woman then commit to it. Change your birth certificate, change your name by deed poll, and get a new passport. And get a bit of surgery. Don't moan about how the identity system doesn't just let you do anything you want! Then the conversation moved onto the line of 'the government is rounding up residents and deporting them'. A la Bruce Springsteen's comments at a recent concert. So I said from what I've read, it's not a wholesale scoop up of people, it's Tren de Aragua and MS-13. Why would you want to keep them? 'Oh, no, residents who have done nothing wrong'. Which I took to mean people like Khalil. So I said 'what do you think about the situation in South Africa where the politician is chanting 'kill the Boer, kill the farmer'? 'Terrible, that's terrible'. 'Don't you think someone organising a group to chant 'kill the Jews' is just as bad? 'err, umm, err, ummm well they're grabbing innocent people. They just don't report it'. I stopped. A bit disconnected from reality I thought. But then again, I'm there to scope the place out in case the Greens and the Mazi Party get back into power so maybe I'm just as crazy.
Yahoo
15-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Hedge fund boss claimed ‘corrupt Jews' were trying to kill him
The head of a £1bn Mayfair hedge fund was convinced 'corrupt Jews' were trying to kill him after his EV charger exploded, an employment tribunal has heard. Davide Leone, the founder of hedge fund Davide Leone & Partners, was paranoid that 'big Jews' linked to one of his former employees were trying to sabotage his business and have him assassinated. The claims were submitted to the Central London employment tribunal by Jacapo Moretti, who alleges he was subjected to 'systematic victimisation and harassment for years' while working as a director at Mr Leone's hedge fund for more than a decade. Mr Moretti claimed Mr Leone, 49, was paranoid that powerful Jewish investors were behind various plots to burgle his home and offices, hack his computers and kill him by tampering with his car charger. He is seeking more than £100m in compensation over claims he was unfairly fired from his job at Mr Leone's hedge fund after suffering years of anti-Semitic bullying. Mr Leone spent 'countless hours' talking about his paranoid thoughts, Mr Moretti claimed, including that people were following him and 'organised criminals' had been paid millions to kill him and his family. In submissions to the employment tribunal, Mr Moretti said he was subjected to 'egregious conduct' while working at Davide Leone & Partners, including anti-Semitic remarks related to Mr Leone's 'paranoia and conspiracy theorist attitudes'. He claimed that his former boss would call him 'Rabbi' if he showed unwillingness to spend money and was 'fixated' on whether people were Jewish. Mr Moretti was fired in June 2023 following a period of extended sick leave related to his mental health. He claims the 'insufferable working conditions' he experienced at the hedge fund left him with a multitude of issues including depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Evidence submitted to the tribunal includes secret recordings of conversations between Mr Moretti and Mr Leone, which Mr Moretti began making when the relationship between the pair started to deteriorate in 2021. In response to the allegations, Mr Leone said he was unaware Mr Moretti was Jewish and accused his former employee of submitting 'lurid allegations' to damage his reputation after their friendship imploded following a clash over annual bonuses. Speaking to the employment tribunal, Mr Leone apologised for his choice of words but said comments made on private phone calls or in informal conversations had been taken out of context, with some of the remarks mistranslated from Italian. He also argued that his comments about Jewish people were not derogatory. He claimed he often referred to people as 'Jews' in the same way he would refer to a person's nationality. References to 'big Jews' were indications of their status within the Jewish community, he added. In response to claims he was paranoid about a plot to kill him, submissions made by Mr Leone state: 'I was legitimately concerned for my own safety and that of my family and I accept that on occasion I spoke to Mr Moretti as my closest confidant and right hand man about some of this.' Mr Moretti was first hired by Mr Leone in 2011 just weeks after he launched his hedge fund. The two men had known each other for decades, having first been introduced by their mothers, who had worked together as school teachers in Saronno, near Milan. Mr Moretti's job paid him around £1.4m a year to oversee investment decisions at the firm, which managed more than $1.5bn (£1.1bn) in assets for investors including university endowments and pensions funds for ex-civil servants and police officers. In submissions to the employment tribunal, Mr Moretti said he 'dedicated his life' to working at Davide Leone & Partners, including by regularly working 12 to 18-hour workdays. Mr Leone denied that Mr Moretti had worked 'excessively'. A spokesman for Davide Leone & Partners said: 'The action is based on totally false allegations and his claims are completely groundless.' Broaden your horizons with award-winning British journalism. Try The Telegraph free for 1 month with unlimited access to our award-winning website, exclusive app, money-saving offers and more.
