Shining a Spotlight on Our Current Fake Reality: The Critical Truth Revealed [videos] ~ October 12, 2018


Before I begin, don’t miss the last video below about the vindictive weather terrorism unleashed as Hurricane Michael in Florida. It is moving and profound.

There is a lot of “fake news” out there, folks. It seems to be all about views and clicks these days—except for the usual CYA lies. Let’s shine a spotlight on some of it.

There is a rumour circulating in the alternative media saying ICANN advised the Internet is going to go down this weekend—completely—for “maintenance”.

ICANN’s website makes no mention of this.Β  The website cited for this bit of “news” is questionable; has no contact information, and focuses on marketing technologies. Clickbait, anyone?

There is this, however, from the India Times—a respectable source.

No, The Internet Is Not Going To Be Offline For 48 Hours For Maintenance

I suspect few have the capability to simply take down the World Wide Web except in a couple of isolated, critical circumstances. I don’t think “maintenance” is a reason anyone but the Highest Powers can justify to bring all the commerce on the planet to a full stop. The criminals and crony corporations make millions via the Internet.

Everyone needs the Internet for their “comms”—the bad guys and the good guys. The chances they will take it down are slim. We have thousands of people displaced and missing as a result of the recent weaponized hurricanes and communications are critical.

As this war goes into high gear the fear porn is ramping up. Good grief—the Internet’s going down, the Presidential FEMA alert is going to steal our data and spy on us, the aliens are coming to get us, and the sky is falling.

What happened to the “logic and critical thinking” QAnon asked everyone to use? We need to stop the hysteria. We need to remain calm and foster equanimity.

If the WWW goes down, it goes down. I am without Internet often. We’ll survive, the same way we did before 1990 when more people started getting desktop PCs.

Some days I wish there were no Internet so I could have a rest. Bring it on.Β  ~ CB

Heads Up! Facebook Says Hackers Accessed Data of 29 Million Users

There are NO accidents and I don’t believe in “hacks”. It’s more likely purposeful data theft to manipulate the current situation and unsuspecting public. DAHBOO77 has the details, below. Yes, the control freaks want and need our data—or they think they do. The spying and data mining will end one of these days. Let’s not believe their lies about “hacks”. They are purposely stealing it.

Any time we hear of a massive “hack” or “breach”—whether it’s Equifax, a bank or Facebook– we can usually safely assume it’s not a hack. It’s outright theft.

Facebook has admitted that hackers accessed the data of 29 million users on the social network by using people’s friends lists to steal access tokens. The social network addressed the September attack on Friday, saying in a statement that it is cooperating with the FBI, which is “actively investigating.” Facebook added that the bureau has asked it not to discuss who may be behind the attack. It explained that 50 million people’s access tokens are believed to have been affected, and that 30 million of those actually had their tokens stolen. Learn More: https://www.rt.com/usa/441118-faceboo…


Let’s set the record straight, shall we?

BREAKING: HILLARY CLINTON ACCUSES PRESIDENT TRUMP OF ASKING THE RUSSIANS TO HACK HER PRIVATE SERVER


Tom Fitton shares the reality of the Hillary Clinton emails and the lies and truths contained therein. Any testimony I have heard come out of the mouth of HRC was blatantly untruthful, so it will be interesting to hear the result of this latest court appearance with the “master” of untruth. Tom recaps the past lies to set the stage for today’s discovery.

Judicial Watch IN COURT THIS MORNING for Hillary Clinton’s Testimony on Email Scandal

Judicial Watch
Published on Oct 12, 2018
Judicial Watch announced that a federal court ordered a hearing for today regarding a request for testimony under oath from former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Cheryl Mills and several other State Department officials about Clinton email searches in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit about the Benghazi terrorist attack.


floating radar platforms SBX
floating radar platforms used to create superstorms

This is an interview with a guy in the know with regard to geoengineering and the creation of Hurricanes, specifically Michael, that just devastated Florida, and the truth about the damage. He is the editor of State of the Nation and lives in Tallahassee, Florida.

It is far worse than what we’ve been told and it was a massive weather weapon; an act of terrorism. I already shared the article at SOTN about this yesterday. It is a must read.

This discussion is a must listen. This fellow never goes public but felt he had to at this juncture.

Thank you Douglas (who is under the weather, so to speak) and Michael, who took this one personally. He came out to speak of it and say what needed to be said. Hear his emotional account and know that it is the truth.

I have shared before on Starship Earth the portable radar platforms mentioned in this video that the dark uses to either exacerbate existing low pressure systems or—as they proved they could in the past—create multiple eyes; a five-eyed monster, if you will. Michael explains.

It’s clear that the dark was sandbagging for their last desperate days and they’re pulling all the stops and showing us their hand. They’re taking it to the next level, but we’re still here, we are stronger and outnumber them, and we are taking them down by mirroring back to them their own devastation.

Our sincere condolences to the people of the Southeast affected by these desperate tactics of war. This IS war, my friends, and we were told there would be many casualties. It’s important to remain calm at all times.Β  ~ CB

Published on Oct 12, 2018

Douglas Gabriel introduces MICHAEL THOMAS, the founder and editor of two of the independent media’s most substantive news sites – State of the Nation and The Millennium Report. As a resident of Florida, a first-hand eye witness of the devastation of Hurricane Michael, and a citizen journalist who has followed the progress of weather being weaponized against citizens, Michael is outraged at what is happening in Florida’s panhandle just as the midterms are around the corner. After listening to the audio, see this link to continue your education: https://patriots4truth.org/2018/10/12…

The Real Reasons Hurricane Michael Attacked Florida: An Insider’s View [video] ~ October, 12, 2018


Floating radar platform used to create superstorms

Was Hurricane Michael used to take out Florida voting stationsβ€”and masses of Republican voters?

Yesterday I shared an important article from State of the Nation about the real reasons the deep state created and unleashed Hurricane Michael on Florida. It may leave unsuspecting people a little shaken because it reveals the truth and our vulnerability.

The editor of SOTN.net, Michael, is a very private guy and stays in the shadows, but since he lives in Tallahassee, Florida, he took that act of terrorism personally and he felt it was important to make it clear to the public what that was about so he did an interview with Douglas Gabriel atΒ  American Intelligence Media. Douglas isn’t feeling the best, but he felt it was important enough to do this for us, and I’m glad these two made it happen.

It’s such an important video. If you can only listen to one, today, I would say choose this one. It’s only 27 minutes.

That hurricane was the dark’s attempt to influence the midterm election because they know this election will determine if the deep state can retain any influence in Washington at all.

It’s so important for Americans to vote Republican this time around. It has never been more important to vote the right way. The wrong way could mean the end of America. It’s that serious. We must have a β€œred wave” this Red October and November to save the Republic.

Please listen to the video.Β  If you haven’t read the article, you can do that at this link. Please share both with people you feel might benefit from knowing about this.Β  ~ BP

Weather Terrorism Obliterates MAGA Panhandle

Memo Reveals Soros-Funded Social-Media Censorship Plan ~ October 11, 2018


Note: This turned up in the drafts folder after our β€œissues” and hack attacks. I was quite sure this post was already published but in case it wasn’t, I will publish it now.Β  ~ BP

George Soros. Isn’t he dead? He looks dead.

I don’t think it matters what the deep state does now; the Trump Train is a runaway with more and more Americans (and patriots from other countries) hopping aboard every day. They can’t stop the train, and the elections will reveal just how many patriots are on board with the President now.

They have to ditch the electronic voting, however, and go back to paper ballots and have strict vote management with the counting. There can’t be one door left open where the crooks can find an opportunity to steal in and affect the results.Β  ~ BP



reblogged from Deus Nexus…

Memo Reveals Soros-Funded Social-Media Censorship Plan

Plotted with Google, Facebook to eliminate β€˜right wing propaganda’

The recent wave of censorship of conservative voices on the internet by tech giants Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Apple mirrors a plan concocted by a coalition of George Soros-funded, progressive groups to take back power in Washington from President Trump’s administration.

A confidential, 49-page memo for defeating Trump by working with the major social-media platforms to eliminate β€œright wing propaganda and fake news” was presented in January 2017Β  by Media Matters founder David BrockΒ at a retreat in Florida with aboutΒ 100 donors,Β the Washington Free Beacon reported at the time.

On Monday, the Gateway Pundit blog noted the memo’s relationship with recent moves by Silicon Valley tech giantsΒ to β€œshadow ban” conservative political candidates and punditsΒ andΒ remove content.

The Free Beacon obtained a copy of the memo, β€œDemocracy Matters: Strategic Plan for Action,” by attending the retreat.

The memo spells out a four-year agenda that deployed Media Matters along with American Bridge, Shareblue and Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) to attack Trump and Republicans.

TheΒ strategies are impeachment, expanding Media Matters’ mission to combat β€œgovernment misinformation,” ensuring Democratic control of the Senate in the 2018 midterm elections, filing lawsuits against the Trump administration, monetizing political advocacy, using a β€œdigital attacker” to delegitimize Trump’s presidency and damage Republicans, and partnering with Facebook to combat β€œfake news.”

Quashing β€˜fake news’ with β€˜mathematical precision’

The Free Beacon in its January 2017 story said Brock sought to raise $40 million in 2017 for his organizations.

The document claims Media Matters and far-left groups have β€œaccess to raw data from Facebook, Twitter, and other social media sites” so they can β€œsystemically monitor and analyze this unfiltered data.”

β€œThe earlier we can identify a fake news story, the more effectively we can quash it,” the memo states. β€œWith this new technology at our fingertips, researchers monitoring news in real time will be able to identify the origins of a lie with mathematical precision, creating an early warning system for fake news and disinformation.”

Media Matters met with Facebook, which boasts some 2 billion members worldwide, to discuss how to crack down on fake news, according to the memo.

TheΒ social media giantΒ was provided with β€œa detailed map of the constellation of right-wing Facebook pages that had been the biggest purveyors of fake news.”

Brock’s memo also says Media MattersΒ gave Google β€œthe information necessary to identify 40 of the worst fake new sites” so they could be banned from Google’s advertising network.

The Gateway Pundit pointed out that in 2016, Google carried out that plan on the Gateway Pundit blog and other conservative sites, includingΒ Breitbart, the Drudge Report, Infowars, Zero Hedge and Conservative Treehouse.

Facebook, meanwhile has changed its newsfeed algorithm, ostensibly to combat β€œfake news,” causing a precipitous decline in traffic for many conservative sites.

President Donald Trump himself was affected, with his engagement on Facebook dropping by 45 percent.

A study in June by Gateway Pundit found Facebook had eliminated 93 percent of the traffic of top conservative news outlets.

Western Journal, in its own study,Β found that while left-wing publishers saw a roughly 2 percent increase in web traffic from Facebook following the algorithm changes, conservative sites saw a loss of traffic averaging around 14 percent.

β€˜Totalitarian impulse’ of the left

President Trump’s 2020 campaign manager, Brad Parscale, charged last week the giants of Silicon Valley are stifling free speech, particularly conservative speech, manifesting the β€œinherent totalitarian impulse” of the left.

On Friday, Facebook appeared to be β€œshadow banning” the non-profit education site PragerU, founded by talk-host Dennis Prager, causing a drop in engagement of 99.9999 percent while removing two videos regarded as β€œhate speech.”

After Facebook rejected a highly inspirational ad for a Republican congressional candidate that included images depicting her parents’ persecution under the Khmer Rouge communist regime in Cambodia, Twitter followed up with its own ban.

WND reported earlier this monthΒ Facebook banned a pro-life video ad by a judicial candidate, giving the same explanation.

On Aug. 6,Β  WND reported, Facebook, YouTube and Apple banned commentator Alex Jones and his Infowars website within hours of each other.

Last month, WND reported moderate Muslims and counter-terrorist activists were increasingly being restricted by Silicon Valley, while terrorist content remains on social-media platforms, according to researchers.

Trump campaign chief Parscale said last week the banning of Jones β€œwill inevitably lead to the silencing of those with far less controversial opinions.”

β€œWhat we are seeing in Big Tech is the inherent totalitarian impulse of the Left come into full focus,” Parscale said.

About the Author

Art Moore, co-author of the best-selling book β€œSee Something, Say Nothing,” entered the media world as a PR assistant for the Seattle Mariners and a correspondent covering pro and college sports for Associated Press Radio. He reported for a Chicago-area daily newspaper and was senior news writer for Christianity Today magazine and an editor for Worldwide Newsroom before joining WND shortly after 9/11. He earned a master’s degree in communications from Wheaton College.

Headlines and Updates for October 11; Massive Cyber Attacks Across the Web & Treacherous Weather Attacks [videos] ~ October 11, 2018


QAnon drops are here. Refresh the page for the latest crumbs.

This update was to be published yesterday but it was too cumbersome to deal with and I didn’t get far. I kept getting error messages and when Number One did his analysis of our comms he reported the ship was definitely running slow, with the number of attempted hack attacks almost doubled in the past 72 hours.

He understood that as soon as Kavanaugh was confirmed the attacks across the web skyrocketed and a number of sites were affected. He is sourcing more dilithium crystals to increase our speed but my phone line cut out in the middle of a call with him and then my Internet was down briefly too, so I was a little frustrated. We’re supposed to have a tech working on the phone/Internet today. They work on it every week but it doesn’t get fixed. They can put bases on Mars but can’t give me a fast, reliable phone or web connection. Go figure.

In the interim, because it’s been difficult working with the Starship Earth blog I posted at the Captain’s Blog instead. I published the newest War Drummer video there around dinner time yesterday and it has completely vanished. It’s not a draft, and it didn’t publish, so I’m including it below. It’s a must watch video about a Democracy and a Republic that puts things in a new perspective.

I also shared a video last night of some additional, revealing footage during the SpaceX rocket launch on Sunday and that post on the Captain’s Blog is apparently off in hyperspace somewhere too. Why are there so often UFOs/UAPs around for these launches? There’s obviously more to it than they would like us to know, but β€œwe know”. See that video below.

I will continue to post at both blogs so we can cover the basic news. You can β€œfollow” the Captain’s Blog from this link if you wish.

Today the shields are up, and we’re doing much better so we will soldier on here at Starship Earth. Thank you Number One. You’ve earned some time on the holodeck.

Due to the blatant, shameless censorship online, some folks have really serious issues. The Justinformed Talk channel made a video telling us that YouTube demonetized every one of his videos that they hadn’t already messed with in the past. Unfortunately, most of his videos are Q-related, making him a target. He is upset because he makes videos to support his family and doesn’t know what he’s going to do.

Urgent matters like hurricanes are demanding our attention, too.

Michael hit the Florida coast as a massive Cat 4 storm and surprisingly moved inland still at a severe category 2 or 3, with more heavy rains and winds in Georgia and the Carolinas, unfortunately. It caused a tremendous amount of destruction and President Trump will be onsite to see for himself what needs to be done and get updates from the boots on the ground. See the details and photos here.

Below you can learn why the New World Order uses these hurricanes to attack America every fall. It’s never just one reason.

We are watching the financial situation closely as the old guard would love nothing more than to crash the system and make the President look bad and cause even more chaos, but since the message understood by the American people is that the economy is better than it’s ever been, it would be difficult to create a financial crisis just now, but if there’s a way to yank the rug out from under us the dark will make it happen.

US stocks suffer worst loss in 8 months amid rising interest rates, tech hit hardest

Dave brings us his usual credible and insightful X22 reports for October 10 about the financial, political and geopolitical situation, including his astute QAnon updates which resonate strongly with me.

I think the incredible value in Dave’s reports lie in his ability to tell us not only what the cabal is planning, but how the situation appears to the public, and also what the patriots’ plan is and how it will actually unfold if all goes well. He gives us the good, the bad, and the ugly, leaving lots of room for hope and helps us remain calm.

When you listen to these updates, headlines like this one below will make sense:

POWELL CRASHES TRUMP ECONOMIC BOOM! Raises Rates **AGAIN** on Trump β€” DOW DIVES 1,501 POINTS IN ONE WEEK!


The War Drummer has done an outstanding job with this video. If you haven’t watched it, you may not understand Democrats and Republicans. I’m seeing it all with new eyes.

Red is the colour of the October revolution in America, and red will be the colour of the El-ites’ eyes when we’re done with them. They will never stop crying.


Check out the interesting wide-angle view of the SpaceX rocket launch. There was a lot going on if you zoomed out and panned a little.

Mind Blowing β€œSecret Space Technology” During Space X Launch!


If you think everything including the weather β€œjust happens”, you may change your mind after reading this next article. Hurricanes and extreme weather have nothing to do with the imaginary β€œclimate change” or β€œglobal warming”, although that’s what the media have programmed the masses to believe to cover their tracks.

There are no accidents and everything on this planet with very few exceptions is planned and executed according to an agenda with nasty objectives. The ruling psychopaths are going down, and they know it. As a result they lash out with more furor than everβ€”and they will never give up until they are literally destroyedβ€”as they have tried to destroy us. It’s truly a matter of us or them at this point.

You may recall a month or so ago we mentioned the scheme to bring Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum into the cabal controlled fold in Florida and it appears part of this was about that very goal. Don’t miss this brilliant article that will connect a lot of dots. Floridians must vote Republican!

HURRICANE MICHAEL: A Geoengineered Superstorm Targeting Tallahassee and Florida Panhandleβ€”Why!

OCTOBER SURPRISE

The New World Order Globalist Cabal Uses Weather Warfare Against the American People Every Hurricane Season

October 10, 2018

State of the Nation

Hurricane Michael is only the most recent weather weapon launched by the globalist-controlled geoengineers at the U.S. coastline and heartland.

There are multiple reasons why the globalists are directing this Cat. 4 Hurricane at the Florida Panhandle.

Midterm Elections 2018

First and foremost, this superstorm is being sent to Tallahassee, Florida the state capital.Β  Not only will the state government be entirely preoccupied with the aftermath of the storm for many weeks going into the November 6th election, it will allow the desperate Democrats to rig the election under cover of chaos and destruction.

The many counties that stretch across North Florida are as RepublicanΒ RED as any other region in the 50 states.Β  Hence, they have been targeted by the weather warriors just 4 weeks before Election Day, making it very difficult for voters to even make it to the polls, many of which will be blown away.Β  Same for conservative South Georgia and Christian southern Alabama.

Because the state government is headquartered in Tallahassee, the election machinery is controlled there, as is the process and procedure for certifying the election results.Β  The ensuing hurricane mayhem will allow the Democrats to take advantage of the situation in ways that can only be conjectured at this point but we all know the DEMs β€œnever let a crisis go to waste”.

Andrew Gillum

Make no mistake about it, the George Soros-funded candidate β€” Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum β€” was chosen to win this year’s Democrat primary because he has been groomed to beΒ Obama 2.0.Β  He was also selected by his globalist masters to lead Florida leftward just as Obama did the nation.


Florida’s Democrat Gubernatorial Nominee Andrew Gillum Failed Miserably As Tallahassee Mayor…

…and the George Soros-picked pawn will run the state into the ground just like Obama did to the country if elected.


With this critical understanding, it ought to be easy to grasp why a hurricane is being manufactured to profoundly impact Tallahassee, where a failed mayor is notorious statewide for completely botching that last Hurricane response.Β  As a Tallahassee resident, the author personally witnessed the willful neglect and gross incompetence by the city after the pervasive damage caused by Hurricane Hermine in 2016.Β  Gillum was even heavily criticized by the governor for his shocking level of irresponsibility.Β FLASHBACK: Gov. Scott slams Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum for how he handled Hurricane Hermine

The key point here is that Hurricane Michael will give Gillum a second opportunity to get it right this time.Β  The mayor has been out appearing for photo-ops filling sand bags this week when he should be doing much more important things, but then this whole ruse is being staged for political show.

Yes, the globalists will do anything necessary to shoehorn Gillum into the Governor’s Mansion so desperate are they to win the 2020 POTUS election.Β  The Democrat Deep State knows full well that whoever occupies the Florida governorship can determine the ultimate outcome of Florida’s highly coveted 29 electoral votes, the voters be damned.

Weather Warfare & the UN Agendas

Both Texas and Florida have been the victims of much weather warfare over the past couple of decades.Β  Texas is also a very red state and therefore frequently targeted with alternating droughts and deluges, both cataclysmic.Β  Hurricane Harvey was only the latest superstorm geoengineered to paralyze a major hub for the Oil & gas Industry β€” Houston β€” among many other disastrous outcomes.
See:Β Hurricane Harvey: A Geoengineered Superstorm Targets Texasβ€”WHY?

The numerous acts of weather terrorism perpetrated against the residents of Florida and Texas (as well as California) are all designed to advance the 3 major UN agendas.Β  The following excerpt further explains the ongoing conspiracy to undermine American sovereignty and territorial integrity.

The globalists who manufactured this oncoming calamity have a specific agenda that has multiple goals.Β  Most of those relate to the UN agendasβ€”Agenda 21,Β 2030 Agenda for Sustainable DevelopmentΒ andΒ Vision 2050.Β  One major purpose is to move the affected populace away from the land and/or coastlines.Β  Many of these regions have been identified as safe environmental corridors that are meant to be used exclusively by the power elite during theΒ End Times.
(Source:Β Superstorm Florence Geoengineered To Be Another Hurricane Harvey)

The spate of unprecedented mega-hurricanes that have been geoengineered over the past few decades are also the deceitful product of the Global Warming crowd.Β  There’s no better advertisement for the Global Warming hoax than to destroy a few cities, states or coastlines every year which are then blamed on out-of-control climate change as evidenced by wacky weather (read unrelenting superstorms).

In fact, the UN just produced a fictitious and hysterical report that makes a case for biospheric Armageddon if humanity does not turn down the heat (via carbon footprint reduction) post-haste.Β  Of course, all the models used by theΒ UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) are based on CO2 generation produced by human activity, which completely ignores the influences of natural sun cycles.

Much more significantly, however, is the deafening silence concerning the global geoengineering operations being conducted 24/7.Β  In so doing, the various UN agenda mouthpieces for carbon-driven climate change have deliberately avoided the single biggest threat to the planetary civilizationβ€”chemical geoengineering.Β  In other words, the nonstop chemical geoengineering regime contributes majorly to the production of immense amounts of water vapor, the primary greenhouse gas and greatest factor of regional warming wherever chemtrail aerosols are being sprayedΒ continuously.Β  As follows:

Read the rest of the article…


Project Veritas has a stunning new undercover video for us from their hidden camera interview series. They have exposed shocking miscreants within the establishment which lead to firings and demotions. Kudos to these determined, well-trained sleuths. They are playing an important part in the dismantling of the evil cabal.

β€œWe don’t say that out of these walls.” Bredesen Staff Says He Is Lying About Kavanaugh Vote


Douglas Ducote Jr. has this to say about the alarming and growing violence within the Democrat Party and how he sees it playing out in America if it continues.


Tom Fitton: Obama ATF Tried to Do β€˜End-Run’ Around 2nd Amendment by Banning Ammo


I couldn’t close off today without including this educational discussion between Thomas Paine/Douglas Gabriel and Michael McKibben. Just brilliant.

We’re all using the Internet and technology now and we must understand how it works, who controls it, the plan for the world, and what must be done to secure our safety and our privacy.

(See that cat below? That was me, yesterday, when none of my comms were working properly!)

Learn how Prison Planet operates – your freedom depends on it

Thomas Williams will bring us the latest intel this afternoon/evening on the Truth, Honor & Integrity Show at 7:30 EDT, 4:30 Pacific if you’d care to tune in here or here.

TV Journalist Viktoria Marinova Found Brutally Raped and Murdered ~ October 10, 2018


Editor’s Note: Yes, my friends, the corruption currently being uncovered IS happening worldwide! The article below let’s us know of other investigative journalists who have paid the ultimate price for uncovering crimes of the cabal in the Euro-Russia sphere. Let us pay tribute to the fallen, keep thoughts of safety for those who report, and…

InJoy!

________________________________________________________________________________

Female investigative journalist and television reporter Viktoria Marinova, who uncovered numerous European Union (EU) funds fraud cases was found brutally raped and murdered in northern Bulgaria on Saturday.

RT reports:

The body of Victoria Marinova, 30, who hosted a show on local TVN, was found dead on a popular jogging route near the Danube River in the city of Ruse on Saturday. The city has never seen such a brutal crime, according to experienced criminologistsΒ citedΒ by local media.

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The woman was raped andΒ beaten, and succumbed to head injuries and suffocation, according to local media citing investigators.Β  The victim’s cell phone, car keys, and some clothes were not found with her, but the car reportedly was not stolen.

No official version of the chilling murder has been presented so far as the authorities are trying to find the perpetrators, saying it’sΒ β€œjust a matter of time.” Police have notΒ ruledΒ out any motives for the heinous crime.

Harlem Desir,Β the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) representative on freedom of the media, was shocked at Marinova’s murder.

β€œI am shocked by the horrific murder of investigative journalist Viktoria Marinova in Bulgaria,” said DΓ©sir. β€œI will closely follow the investigation opened by the authorities. I urge them to swiftly identify and bring to justice those responsible and to clearly determine whether this attack was linked to her work.”

β€œI am deeply saddened by this horrific murder and express my deep condolences to her family at this difficult time,” said DΓ©sir.

The station she worked for said that she had never received any threats.

She was host of a newly launched program called “Detector,”Β and its last episodeΒ coveredΒ the investigation by Bivol website, claiming toΒ exposeΒ a corruption scheme inside EU-funded projects.

She had previously been an anchor of “Podium,” which reported on various topics.

Interestingly enough, the day after her body was discovered, OSCE posted a remembrance on the anniversary of the murder of another journalist and claimed that journalists’ safety must be a priority.

On the 12th anniversary of the killing of Novaya Gazeta journalist Anna Politkovskaya, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem DΓ©sir, recalled the need to guarantee journalists’ safety, and insisted that the Russian authorities intensify their efforts to end impunity for crimes committed against journalists.

β€œPolitkvoskaya’s murder remains a grim reminder that journalists’ safety needs to be adequately addressed in the Russian Federation,” DΓ©sir said. β€œDespite the progress and assurances that have been made so far by the authorities on this case, I urge Russia to complete a full investigation, to ensure full accountability for those who commissioned the crime.”

Politkovskaya was shot and killed in Moscow on 7 October 2006. In 2003, she received theΒ OSCE Prize for Journalism and DemocracyΒ for her courageous professional work in support of β€œhuman rights and freedom of the media”.

The Representative noted the decision of the European Court of Human Rights, on 17 July 2018, which ruled that the length of the investigation, along with the β€œabsence of tangible results”, indicated that the investigation has been ineffective.

β€œFailing to end impunity for crimes committed against journalists is a stain on the media freedom situation in any country, and it must urgently be stamped out,” DΓ©sir said.β€œI reiterate my calls on the Russian authorities to fully investigate all other deaths of journalists and to hold the perpetrators and instigators of these crimes to account.”

In June 2014, sentences were handed down to five individuals for the murder of Polikovskaya, a development which was welcomed by the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (seeΒ www.osce.org/fom/119640). However, the investigation was unable to name those who commissioned the crime.

Marinova is the third reporter to be killed in the past 12 months in the EU.

Previously,Β Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, who exposed the Maltese prime minister’s offshore dealings in the Panama Papers scandal, died in a car bomb attack last October and in FebruaryΒ Slovak investigative journalist Jan Kuciak, whoΒ was known for his reports on tax fraud and shady dealings of Slovakia’s elite, was shot dead.Β  Police did not rule out that the murder wasΒ relatedΒ β€œto his investigative activity.”

Article posted with permission from The Washington Standard