Jan Šinágl angažovaný občan, nezávislý publicista

Update 23.6.2023: New EU law was supposed to protect journalists, instead it legalises spying on them - "The law should protect journalists and their sources. The commission's proposal was not perfect, but it has been further degraded after recent negotiations. This is extremely worrying." - But if the current version of the proposal is ratified, the Freedom of the Media Act will "legalise the use of spyware against journalists" - "The Council is taking dangerous steps to legalise unacceptable forms of surveillance of journalists and their sources." - EU Document Pegassus (22.5.2023)

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Daniel Ellsberg, described by CNN as the "patron saint of whistleblowers", died last Friday at the age of 92.

"All governments lie and therefore nothing they say can be trusted. Every piece of information they give must always be verified and confronted. Checking power is the most important part of democracy."

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In June 1971, Daniel Ellsberg placed truth above lies masquerading as the national interest, throwing away a stellar career as one of the Pentagon's most respected analysts and planners. He gave New York Times reporters eight thousand pages of top-secret documents about the Vietnam War that refuted everything four American presidents had told Congress and their citizens about it. It earned him a number of felony charges and a proposed sentence of 155 years in prison.

His actions are being hailed as the beginning of the road to ending the Vietnam War. One man forced a desperate administration of President Richard Nixon to attack freedom of the press in court. The ensuing litigation produced perhaps the most important ruling in the history of the United States Supreme Court.

Citing the U.S. Constitution, it said, "The press is to serve the citizens, not the rulers. The power of the government to censor the press has been abolished so that the press may forever be free to control the government. The press was protected so that it could reveal the secrets of government and inform the citizens. Only a free and unfettered press can effectively expose fraud in government."

Actualized 9.11.2023: Czech Embassy in Vienna summoned Austrian police to prevent Šinágl from "disturbing" Minister Lipavský's speech

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On November 7, 2023, the Czech Embassy in Vienna summoned the Austrian police, who asked me to leave the Diplomatic Academy (as an journalist), before the speech of the Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky on the topic GEOPOLITICAL CHALLENGES AND THE NEW CZECH SECURITY STRATEGY, despite my proper registration. A truly "successful" November 7, this time not in Moscow... Coverage follows. JŠ

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It's not about who is right, but what is true -Nothing is great that is not true

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"Faith is a protest against the fact that the world cannot be as it could be"(Jewish proverb). History is always written by individuals. The best projects always come from individuals, you can't expect that from government and politicians.

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Ondřej Kašina, Czech diplomat, councillor, writer, who worked for more than 30 years in Czech diplomacy, mainly in Latin America

"The world has become more complex and more dangerous at the same time, and the more the West shows a loss of ability to react in a timely and appropriate manner. We are witnessing crises that are spiralling out of control, whether it is mass illegal migration, covid, or the war in Ukraine. For the small Czech Republic, the situation is all the more complicated. For a long time, our diplomacy has been a Cinderella, lacking self-confidence, prestige and finances. It is up to us to wake up in time to stop our economic degradation, our economic descent, before it weakens us so much that we are then really unable to react, simply because of a lack of resources. There will probably come a time, which will be painful, when there will be a wake-up call that we have to start doing some things differently, that we have to start respecting reality. The dream that we dreamt was not entirely realistic, we have to start saving what can still be saved. We missed the train. It's going to get worse to get better. Either our elites and our silent majority will wake up, the sooner the better, and start seeing that black is black and white is white and stop dreaming some delirium. It is a terrible economic crime to transport agricultural produce when it can all be grown locally. The awakening will be painful, but there must be a crisis. Otherwise, neither the silent majority nor our elites will wake up."

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I don't follow it. Below is her text, sent to me by friends. The "paper democrats" will not, of course, attend my trials, nor will they support me significantly in the media. Will the MM Agency file another criminal complaint ? I'm afraid not. JŠ

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It is unfortunately even "a lot" worse than many naively imagine - whistleblowers and investigators are kept in existential terror by the mafia and its judicial mafia at bay - those who dare to squeal democratically are simply economically liquidated - with the absolute disinterest and IGNORANCE of all, including the media.

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