Pro-Migrant NGOs Stop Activity on Greek Island After Attacks from Local ‘Fascists’

Several pro-migrant NGOs will be suspending their activities on the Greek island of Lesbos after attacks from locals they have deemed to be far-right extremists.

One of those halting operations is Douglas Herman, the co-founder of the NGO Refocus, who said that many of the organisations on Lesbos have told volunteers and staff to leave the island due to safety concerns after a rising number of attacks by locals.

According to Herman, who told his six employees to leave Lesbos, the attacks on NGO workers have been from “fascist gangs” who he said had set up roadblocks across the island and threatened NGO workers and volunteers, Die Zeit reports.

The NGO vessel Mare Liberum, which claims to monitor the activities of authorities off the Greek coast for potential human rights violations, say they were also attacked by “fascists” on Monday evening.

“Our crew was attacked by a mob of fascists while the Mare Liberum was docked in Skala Loutron, Lesvos [Lesbos]. They shouted, threatened us & poured gasoline on our deck! Our crew saw themselves forced to leave & is now anchoring offshore. We’ll stay & continue monitoring!” the group said on Twitter.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has also claimed that there have been several attacks on journalists operating on Lesbos, as well.

The alleged attacks from the island locals came after several riots against the building of new migrant camps to house the migrants already on the island due to the massive overcrowding of the current migrant reception centres on the island.

Anger among locals has been noted for years, with Moria community leader Nikos Trakellis stating in 2018 that locals could seek to take the law into their own hands due to the rising tensions on the island.

Tensions have only escalated after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his government ordered the opening of the border to Europe for any and all migrants in Turkey, leading to some estimates of 100,000 or more migrants heading for the Greek border since last week.

Others have accused the Turkish government of shipping migrants to the border area with buses and state-owned trains.

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2020/03/06/pro-migrant-ngos-stop-activity-greek-island-attacks-local-fascists/

Note pic from NGOs website

https://regionsrefocus.org/

Globohomo Propaganda News Agency Owned by Rupert Murdoch Goes Bust - a Triumph for Alternative, (i.e. Honest), Journalism

Despite being a mainstay of the corporation sponsored media, the Australian Associated Press (AAP) is clearings its desks and will pull the shutters down on nearly 100 years of spun news. The new agency’s hacks are being told not to slam the doors behind them.

It is known that 300,000 mainstream reporters and columnists have lost their jobs thanks to the internet. Where they end up is anyone’s guess? Shelf stackers in supermarkets, servers in MacDonald’s, washing sheets in brothels. Journalists of integrity saw the writing on the wall a long time ago.

Saying it is ‘no longer viable to continue’, rogue remnants of controlled media lay the blame on the ‘journalistic market’ being flooded by free digital media ~ like The Ethnic European.

The Australian Associated Press was founded in 1935 by Keith Murdoch, father of Newscorp founder Rupert Murdoch. Asked why the mastheads of his newspapers were coloured red, he replied that it was because he was a socialist. The senior mogul was dubbed ‘Red Rupert.

‘Many journalists now are no more than channels and echoes of what George Orwell called the ‘official truth’. They simply cipher and transmit lies.’ ~ John Pilger, Australian Investigate Journalist.

Thanks to cough-cough sponsorship, the Australian Associated Press soon grew to have press bureaus all over the country with many additional correspondents placed around the world.

Editor-in-Chief Tony Gillies said in a statement: ’We have had a place like no other in journalism. We exist for the public’s interest and I now fear for the void left by the absence of AAP’s strong, well-considered voice.’ Well, he would say that, wouldn’t he.

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https://russia-insider.com/en/globohomo-propaganda-news-agency-owned-rupert-murdoch-goes-bust-triumph-alternative-ie-honest

MILITANT DRONES ATTACK HMEIMIM AIR BASE AMID NEW IDLIB CEASEFIRE

Less than 24 hours after the beginning of the ceasefire in Greater Idlib, Turkish-backed militants in the region launched a new drone attack at the Russian Hmeimim Air Base on the Syrian coast.

According to the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), two armed drones, which were on their way to the air base, were intercepted by air-defense means over southern Lattakia.

“Air-defense means intercepted two drones coming from the direction of Idlib and destroyed them in the vicinity of Jableh [city],” the state-run agency’s reporter said.

Local sources confirmed that several drones were intercepted near the Hmeimim Air Base. No explosions were heard on the ground.

Earlier, the militants launched several drone attacks on Syrian troops around the city of Saraqib in southeast Idlib. The militants even targeted reporters of the Abkhazian Network News Agency (ANNA) near the city.

These drone attacks will likely provoke a fierce response from the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS). The attacks represent a dangerous violation of the new ceasefire, which was agreed upon by Russia and Turkey a day earlier.

https://southfront.org/militant-drones-attack-hmeimim-air-base-amid-new-idlib-ceasefire/