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IMC Switzerland threatened with legal charges
by Latuff [posted by kitty] Thursday February 07, 2002 at 12:57 PM
latuff@uninet.com.br

I beg your attention to an important fact. A Non-Governmental Organization called "Children of Holocaust" is threatening IMC Switzerland with legal charges for publishing of material seem by them as "anti-Semitic", including my last cartoon series "We are all Palestinians".

Dear brothers and sisters from Independent Media Center,

 
I beg your attention to an important fact.
A Non-Governmental Organization called "Children of Holocaust" is threatening IMC Switzerland with legal charges for publishing of material seem by them as "anti-Semitic", including my last cartoon series "We are all Palestinians".
 
This is the letter (in German) sent to IMC Switzerland by CoH spokesman Samuel Althof, where he points a link to my last cartoon from series (scene from Warsaw Ghetto):
 
Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren von Indymedia-Switzerland
 
Immer wieder treffen bei uns Beschwerden über antisemitische Veröffentlichungen bei http://switzerland.indymedia.org ein, so auch heute.
Siehe: http://switzerland.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=8075&group=webcast
 
Wir bitten Sie dem Recht den nötigen Raum zu verschaffen und die entsprechenden Veröffentlichungen zu löschen und nicht bloss in den Zensurkübel ( http://switzerland.indymedia.org/censored.php3 ) zu verschieben.
 
Dieses Schreiben geht als Kopie an die entsprechende Polizeibehörde und ist eine Strafanzeige gegen http://switzerland.indymedia.org
 
Mit freundlichen Grüssen
 
Aktion Kinder des Holocaust, AKdH
Samuel Althof, Sprecher AKdH
Postfach
CH-4142 Münchenstein 1
SWITZERLAND
www.akdh.net  &  www.shoah.de
 
It's a reaction from conservative sectors from Swiss society that, certainly, are aligned with Israeli criminal policies and, as Israel and United States in World Conference Against Racism, do not accept any kind of criticism to massacre promoted by them against Palestinian people. Moreover, this threat has as goal to silence expressions of rejection to Israel on Swiss IMC and if they get succeed on this, other IMCs can be also targeted by such reactionary attacks.
 
We need to act right now! My suggestion is an article of support to CMI Switzerland on main page, as well as a net of support formed by other IMCs. Even disliking editorial staff from IMC Switzerland, my opinion is not what matters now. We need to fight hard for principles of free and REAL independent media. So, let's go to support IMC Switzerland and to refuse malicious allegations from CoH.
 
You can count on me for anything.
 
Sincerely yours,
 
Latuff
 
Latuff - Image Maker
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
http://www.fzln.org.mx/archivos/multimedia/latuff/index.html

you are wrong mr. latuff
by AKdH Friday February 08, 2002 at 08:51 AM
editor@akdh.ch

Dear Mr. Latuff

Please check our site cearefully bevor you say in publik "It's a reaction from conservative sectors from Swiss society that, certainly, are aligned with Israeli criminal policies and, as Israel".

We support activly palestinian people (http://www.akdh.ch/akdh-ovp.htm) and are friends and partners of ury avnery and gush shalom.

We are critisicing your comic because of its antisemitic content not because of its critic of israeli politik!

Best regards

Samuel Althof

Aktion Kinder des Holocaust, AKdH
Samuel Althof, Sprecher
Postfach 413
CH-4142 Münchenstein
Switzerland

Internet: http://www.akdh.ch und http://www.shoah.de

dare to address the underlying issues
by foreltruite Friday February 08, 2002 at 11:10 AM
foreltruite@altavista.com

I fail to see why a reminder of the Ghetto system, as practiced by the Nazis during their occupation of Poland, should be considered 'anti-semite'.

The only anti-semitism involved here MIGHT be that induced in the mind of readers when
(1)they equate Nazi policies with those of the present-day Israeli state AND
(2) when the readers equate Israel with all 'semites' everywhere...

If you have made these links, then anti-semitism is in your mind. There is NO ANTI-SEMITISM in pointing out that SOME authorities in Israel are pursuing policies which are contrary to the long-term interests of Jewish people everywhere.

p.s. This debate is not furthered by name-calling. If you can't address the issues, please, leave the space for those who can!

see it now
by nickname Saturday February 09, 2002 at 11:57 AM

actually, there is a new posting on switzerland.indymedia.org, showing that the so-called organisation "children of the holocaust", through their spokesman samuel althof, did in the past support neo-nazis on the interne by using false identities.
he did sit together with several neo-nazis and the police and did most probably hand out names of persons from indymedia to the police as well as to the neo-nazis.
most probably, he did attack indymedia before all this got public, so he can now say it is a revenge.

http://www.switzerland.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=8727

Latuff is racist
by Daniel Wednesday November 06, 2002 at 02:24 PM

Latuff is racist and paranoid

Daniel
by guido Wednesday November 06, 2002 at 03:05 PM

and why is Latuf paranoid?

The troops of Sharon, they don't kill teengers and babies, it's only in Latuff's head.

Sharon doesn't order his troops to attack villages, it happens only in Latuff's head.

Daniel, if you call now to Sharon, you can win a ticket for Disneyworld-Paris ;)

"nickname" is a King of the Liars
by Daniel Wednesday November 06, 2002 at 03:08 PM

" nickname" (11:57am Sat Feb 9 '02 )

Your slander is just a slander.
I checked Indy.Switzerland and didn't found any "new posting on switzerland.indymedia.org, showing that the Children of Holocaust did in the past support neo-nazis...".
While there is a plenty evidence that the neo-nazis support Latuff and palestinians.


To Samuel Althof and other AKdH :

How can You be so naive and idealistic ?
You speak so polite and kindly to the people who so cynically slander You ?
Everybody knows that "Indymedia-Center" has been Nazi-media.
You better go to Police and write report against Latuff instead wasting Your time to discuss with those pro-nazis krypto "pro-palestinians".