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This is a complete lie. He was sanctioned for criticism of Israel. He did some reporting for a Russian outlet many many years ago far before the war against Ukraine. He even spoke out against Russia at its start of the war against Ukraine.
Europe Is Sanctioning Critics of Israel and Militarism
I don't trust European governments considering their support for Israel, but even if that were true, does that give them the right to punish young children?
They blocked his wife's bank account, I assume she's not a young child.
They have young children
Sure, but they are not going to starve as written in the title. That's just a blunt lie. They live in Germany and there are plenty of support options.
If the parents commit a crime related to their bank account, it's reasonable to block these accounts.
The more relevant question is whether anything illegal has happened through his wive's bank account. If so, block it. If not, don't you dare block it. Simple as that
https://x.com/hussedogru/status/2038203613567144354
You seem to assume that she did something illegal based on the account being blocked, but that doesn't always work like that
Did you even read my comment? This is precisely the point. If something illegal happened through her bank account, that would be the only viable reason to block it. If not, there is no justification to block it.
The account blocking has taken a form recently that I condemn, I don't think this should be used in the political discourse.
From the information I could gather about the case, I can't say what happened through her account. There are some vague statements from the Bundespressekonferenz that make it seem like the government/EU takes that position. The family and lawyer claim the opposite.
In this case, I would tend to side with the family until we know more. My point was just that there is quite a stretch between blocking a bank account and starving children.
I read it and didn't get this even from re-reading now
It looks like we were agreeing, but it was hard to say
name them
Caritas, Diakonie, churches, several others. You must be trolling at this point
no, i'm german with a disabled wife andstwo kids. I know you are talking out your ass because those institutions don't offer services to poor people in terms off food assistance. The only notable such service is "die tafel" but good luck finding one that isn't booked up for the next two years. There are some "lebensmittelrettung" whatsappgroups but they are first-come first-serve and usually just want to offload their stuff asap which, for people with kids this means you usually get the leftovers of what already are leftovers.
Caritas und Diakonie geben bei Bedarf z.B. Einkaufsgutscheine raus, weiß ich aus erster Hand. Das ist doch Quatsch, wir können doch nicht behaupten hier verhungern Kinder weil ein Konto gesperrt wird.
Du kannst doch nicht ne vierköpfige Familie mit Diakonie und Caritasgutscheinen ernähren? Erstmal ist dies eine außerordentliche Situation da die Armut dieser Familie gezielt durch EU Sanktionen herbeigeführt wurde, es also rechtlich alles mögliche unklar ist, einschliesslich ob solche Hilfe nicht selbst schon EU Sanktionen verletzt.
Dann sind diese Einkaufsgutscheine in der Regel nur als temporäre Maßnahmen gedacht, von persönlichen Spenden finanziert, das ist doch keine Lebensgrundlage während man gegen eine internationale Regierung kämpfen muss??
Ausserdem gibts es Kinderhunger und Armut in Deutschland, Leute die sterben weil sie keine Krankenversicherung haben etc. Meine Mutter bspw. hatte ein halbverhungerten Säugling in der Beratung weil dessen Mutter nicht genug zu essen hatte und deswegen keine Milch produzieren konnte. Gerade unter Leuten die am Rande der Legalität leben müssen (wie im Fall Dogru hier) ist die Not teilweise immens. Unser Sozialsystem ist längst nicht so robust wie die meisten Leute die nicht darauf angewiesen sind denken. Sie hat nur sehr gute PR und Kritik daran kommt bei den arroganten Deutschen (aber ich wiederhol mich ja) immer sehr sehr übel an als ob man das ganze Land mit den VSA oder schlimmer noch nicht-NATO Ländern vergleichen könne....
"Are there no poor houses!"
Does a mother become immune from judicial persecution just because she has a child? Kids aren't a get-out-of-jail-free card.
What did the mom do, other than being married to a guy convicted of antizionism?
We don't know, as far as I know it hasn't been publicized.
Guilty until proven innocent, then?
Freezing accounts is a preventative measure. The German government must have evidence that there's likely criminal proceeds on these accounts, plus a real risk that these funds would be transferred elsewhere. A court case usually follows fairly quickly.
If a billionaire is accused of fraud, you wouldn't want to allow them to transfer all their wealth out of the country before you can fine them, right?
Yeah, if the German government persecutes someone, that means they must have evidence to justify it...
Yeah, it prevents you from living
Isn't that deeply disturbing to you? They can enact collective punishment like that and don't even need to publicize why? This is what they keep telling us to slander the democratic peoples republic of korea
We don't know if this is collective punishment, you've assumed so but we have no proof of that.
I don't mind protecting people's privacy and publicizing what crimes someone has been accused of, since just the accusation can have serious consequences. Imagine someone is accused of terrorism, this gets out to all the neighbours, and finally the judge clears their name; will those neighbours still trust them?
The people whose accounts are concerned will receive the reason why the accounts were blocked. They too haven't publicized it.
Edit: op mended with the journalists account of what happened. This is really scary. https://x.com/hussedogru/status/2038203613567144354
Do you think they'll just come out and say that? Her husband is a pro-palestine journalist and she gets her bank accounts frozen because of it what else would you call it?
She is already facing the sentencing though. The punishment is already doled out, without a trial.
There is no formal charge, there is no trial, the EU can just sanction you apparently and you have to fight them while under sanction.
I was wondering how you could still be defending imperialist narratives and then checked your modlog, you believe in the collective punishment of people through sanctions, you're not human
Sanctions kill over half a million people worldwide every year, from preventable deaths. I'll never agree with that. And with Israel you just need to stop sending them military supplies and other forms of support and they'll fall apart overnight. There's no need to prevent them from buying fucking medicine and food.
Neither is molesting them enough for a "get into jail free card" or at least a "get impeached free card", seeing all the people on The List.
They are using the paragraph they invented to silence journalists presenting an anti-ukraine perspective but the man has been reporting on the palestinian genocide and not ukraine afaik.
Indeed. https://x.com/i/status/2038203613567144354