#Petr Ngo

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02/17/2023 Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala has condemned the approach taken by the Health Ministry in connection with the compensation being paid to illegally sterilized women. He has called the behavior of the ministry bureaucrats too bureaucratic and unhelpful.

Fiala’s statement was made for public broadcaster Czech Television’s “Reporters” program. The victims of illegal sterilizations and the nonprofit organizations aiding them have been criticizing the compensation mechanism for some time because many cases have been denied.

“I have ascertained that the bureaucrats at the Health Ministry are looking at the compensation for the women who have been affected by forced sterilization in a very unhelpful, too bureaucratic way, they want them to document matters that the women concerned objectively simply cannot,” the Prime Minister said in a text message sent to the Czech Television “Reporters” program. Of 525 women who have applied so far, just 243 have been awarded compensation, or less than half.

While bureaucrats are still handling some of the applications, more than 160 women have already been denied compensation. “They want the women to submit unambiguous evidence in the form of medical records, but many of them cannot because the documentation no longer exists,” human rights expert Monika Šimůnková explained to Czech Television.

“If medical records, as one of the main pieces of evidence, are missing, then the Health Ministry must follow the law and the administrative proceedings must unfortunately be assessed as having failed,” admitted Deputy Health Minister Josef Pavlovic (Pirates). Some women, of course, do not have these medical records because the originals have been shredded by the organizations maintaining them.

Some of the women whose applications have been denied by the ministry then turned to the courts, and the first-instance courts have agreed with them in at least two cases. “At this moment there are already at least two judgments overturning the Health Ministry’s decisions as too strict and too formal. The ministry has appealed those judgments through a cassation complaint and is awaiting the Supreme Administrative Court’s verdict,” Czech Television reports.

For example, Vlasta Holubová, who was sterilized against her will at Fifejdy Hospital in Ostrava at the age of 24 in 1988, has succeeded before the first-instance court. “They did this because they wanted to abate [the reproduction of] the population of Roma. That was a disgrace, including in the families, because among the Roma, a woman is rich because she gives birth, because she has children, and she is honored for it,” she told news server iRozhlas.cz.

Pavlovic said the ministry is researching the reasons for which some applications were rejected and is seeking amicable solutions, if possible. Illegal sterilizations on the territory of the former Czechoslovakia and Czech Republic happened in the 20th century, but cases from the 21st century are also documented.

In 2005, then-ombudsman Otakar Motejl warned of this practice and also began to speak for the first time of the possibility that the victims could be compensated. His report was followed by many years of struggle by NGOs and the victims themselves until, on 1 January 2022, the law took effect that awards a one-time payment of CZK 300,000 [EUR 12,660] to the victims of illegal sterilizations.

[korrektheiten]

Petr Bystron: „Geheimdienste und NGOs beeinflussen unsere Wahlen“

PI schreibt: »Welche Rolle spielen Geheimdienste und NGOs bei medienwirksamen Kampagnen gegen Oppositionspolitiker – ob beim sogenannten Geheimtreffen in Potsdam oder aktuell bei der angeblichen Terrorgruppe „Sächsische Separatisten“? Im Interview mit dem österreichischen Privatsender AUF1 äußert sich der EU-Abgeordnete der AfD, Petr Bystron, zur gezielten Manipulation von Wahlen. Like http://dlvr.it/TGHDs0 «

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Muž Roku 2022 predictions: Dominik Odstrčil, David Pleva, Matěj Švec, Josef Vanša, Filip Šanda, Petr Ngo

Muž Roku 2022 predictions: Dominik Odstrčil, David Pleva, Matěj Švec, Josef Vanša, Filip Šanda, Petr Ngo

Muž Roku 2021 Lukáš Vyšehrad, 26, of Hradec Králové, Czech Republic will crown his successor at the Divadlo Dr. Josefa Čížka in Náchod, Hradec Králové on August 26, 2022. It is the 23rd edition of the national beauty pageant that selects the Czech Republic’s Mister Supranational, Mister Global, Man of the World, Man of the Year, Mister Grand International and Mister Tourism World…

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RFE/RL is US State Media

the Czech Republic is considering an exit from China’s “16+1” investment platform for Central and Eastern Europe. [...]

The platform itself had even taken Greece as a member in 2019 to make it the “17+1.” But that proved to be the high-water mark for the bloc. Lithuania left in 2021 amid a diplomatic spat with Beijing, and many capitals in the region, including Prague, have begun to build up stronger ties with Taiwan in the past few years, which has further strained relations with China.

That reorientation has accelerated since Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala’s center-right government came to power in November 2021 and pledged to reaffirm Prague’s EU and NATO ties. [...]

According to a new poll conducted by the Ichikowitz Family Foundation, 76 percent of 4,507 young Africans across 15 countries who were surveyed named China as a foreign power with a positive influence on their lives, compared with 72 percent for the United States.[...]

[Central asian] governments are also trying to build up trade ties with other countries, especially Turkey, which has been on a renewed push in Central Asia since the war began. [...]

More than a year after thousands of protesters took to Budapest to demonstrate against plans to use taxpayer money to build a $1.8 billion Chinese university in Hungary, Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government is sidelining the opposition and clearing a path for the controversial project, my colleague Akos Keller-Alant from RFE/RL’s Hungarian Service and I reported.[...]

After eight years[...], a highway project in Montenegro paid for by a massive $1 billion Chinese loan is nearing completion,[...]

During Wang’s trip to Kazakhstan, protesters gathered outside the Chinese Embassy in the Kazakh capital, Nur-Sultan, demanding the release of relatives they say are held in camps in Xinjiang, my colleague Saniash Toiken from RFE/RL’s Kazakh Service reported.[...]

Just Finance International, an NGO focused on the environment and human rights, published a report on June 13 detailing how a “weakening of law and transparency in Serbia has provided loopholes for large-scale infrastructure investments, including from China.”

15 Jun 22

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米国では5月末から、警察に拘束された黒人男性が死亡したことを機に、暴動や略奪が続いている。トランプ大統領は6月初め、暴動に関与したとして極左暴力集団「ANTIFA（アンティファ）」をテロ組織に指定すると表明した。ANTIFAに潜入し調査を行った調査員は、同グループは高度に組織化されているとした。

米調査ジャーナリストNGO「プロジェクト・べリタス（Project Veritas）」の潜入調査員は、6月4日に公開したビデオの中で、自分の経験や収集した情報について語った。調査員はカメラの前で顔を隠し、名前を明かさなかった。

動画によると、調査員は、ある年の7月にオレゴン州ポートランドのANTIFA支部に参加した。ANTIFAの担当者は、安全な電子メールを通じて同調査員に連絡し、白いTシャツを着て水筒を持って指定した場所に来るよう指示した。指定場所に行った調査員はその後、別の場所に連れていかれ「面接」を受けた。

「面接を受けた後、見込みのあるメンバーはANTIFAの戦略や戦術の必須講義に出席する必要がある」という。

講義は開店時間前の書店で行われた。参加者は自分の携帯電話を店のトイレに残すように要求された。外からの音を消すために、トイレの中で扇風機を稼働させていた。

ANTIFAのメンバーは講座で、暴力行為を密かに行う方法や、自分の身の危険を最小限に抑える方法などを教えた。

調査員が隠しカメラで撮影した講座の映像では、講師を務める一人のメンバーは「目立たないようにしてください」と警告した。「でなければ、金属のスパイク・ナックルの尖った部分に（仕込まれる隠しカメラで）顔写真が撮られてしまったら」「司法機関はこれらの写真を使って、暴行罪で私たちを起訴することができる」という。

この講師は、いかに攻撃の相手に大きな傷害を与えるかを教えた。「目をえぐる練習をしてください。目に傷をつけるのには、ほんの少しの力でいい」。乱闘だけが目的ではなく、相手に重傷を負わせることが重要だと強調した。

同調査員は、ANTIFAの正式メンバーになるまで1年半の「試用期間」を経験した。このビデオを公開する「かなり前に」、同組織を離れたと語った。

調査員の話によると、ポートランドのANTIFA支部は「ローズ・シティーANTIFA（RCA）」と呼ばれている。「この支部はより構造化されているため、会社のような組織だった。だから、RCAは外部資金、影響力、資源を使っているような気がする」という。

「ANTIFAのメンバーは、何らかの暴力を煽ったり推し進めたりすることに躊躇しない。メンバーは、事前にしっかりそのアプローチを計画するのだ」

「私たちは会議や講義で、デモやブラック・ブロック（Black Bloc）を行う前に、武器の詳細、所持品、装備について話し合う」

ブラック・ブロックとは、デモの参加者が同じ黒色の衣服、帽子、マスクなどをつけることだ。この作戦では、犯罪行為を行っても、犯人の特定を困難にするメリットがある。

「この目的は、外で危険なことをできるだけ安全に行うことだ」と隠し撮りした映像で別の講師が話していた。講師の横にあるプロジェクタースクリーンには、「Buddying up（二人組を組むこと）」についての説明内容が映し出された。スライドには、「相棒の気持ちに心を配り、必要に応じて落ち着かせたり、慰めたりするようにしてください」と書かれていた。

また、講義では、相棒が警察に逮捕されたとき、メンバーが「法的支援者」に詳細を伝えるよう求められている。「相棒がけがをした場合」は、メンバーが相手を撃退したり、救急車を呼んだりして、カメラでその状況を記録しなければならない。

調査員は、RCAの創設者がスウェーデンに移住した後、同支部は海外のANTIFA組織とのつながりを維持していると述べた。

大紀元はRCAの創設者に関する有力な情報を得られなかった。

ウィリアム・バー米司法長官は5月30日の記者会見で、「多くの地域で、無政府主義者や極左グループが抗議デモを画策し、扇動しているようだ。極左グループはANTIFAに似たような戦術を使っている。多くの人は他の州から来た」と発言した。

ニューヨーク市警の元本部長バーナード・ケリック（Bernard Kerik）氏は大紀元の取材に対して、ANTIFAはさまざまなウェブサイトで抗議活動の開始場所を管理し、指示を行っていると語った。同氏によれば、ANTIFAは米国内の40の州と60の都市で支部を持ち、各地の暴動に資金を提供している。

同市警のジョン・ミラー副本部長（情報・テロ対策担当）によれば、ANTIFAなどの外部過激派グループは、偵察員や衛生担当の医師を組織し、石や瓶、燃焼促進剤の供給ルートを管理し、支部の破壊活動に提供しているという。さらに、過激派グループは、暗号化された通信ネットワークを使って連絡を取り合っている。

共産主義を研究するトレバー・ラウド���（Trevor Loudon）氏は、ANTIFAは現在、米国に起きている騒乱の一部に過ぎないとの見方を示した。「米国にいる共産党のメンバーや社会主義政党は、最初から抗議活動や暴動に関与していた」とした。

（文・Petr Svab、翻訳編集・張哲）

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The recent huge cost-of-living protests – organised by extremist, pro-Russian elements – was a wake-up call for a government that seems to have forgotten its earlier pledge to build a blueprint to fight back against disinformation.

The Czech government responded swiftly and sharply to Russia’s February 24 invasion of Ukraine. Within days, refugees were welcomed, sanctions approved and visa services withdrawn. But legislation to back up some emergency measures and underpin further action on disinformation networks is still lacking.

Among the most contentious moves was the blocking of eight websites the day after Russian troops crossed Ukraine’s border.

The sites, long known to be circulating pro-Russian disinformation, were unplugged by internet service providers at the request of the government and security services. However, the authorities had no legal basis to make such a demand.

Not only did that leave the ISPs potentially vulnerable to legal action, but there was discomfort over the ramifications for free speech and the wisdom of surrendering the democratic high ground.

“It was a controversial move and left a bad taste,” Vaclav Stetka, senior lecturer in media at Loughborough University, tells BIRN. “It offered traction to those claiming that the pro-Western and pro-Ukrainian government was acting in an authoritarian manner.”

While the COVID-19 pandemic recruited and trained a Czech-language disinformation army that swiftly leapt into the trenches to back the Kremlin’s narrative of its invasion of Ukraine, the Czech government is yet to make progress towards putting in place concrete measures to fight disinformation.

“There has been lots of rhetoric and promises, but not much has happened,” points out Stetka. “No strategy for dealing with disinformation has been proposed and that’s a big disappointment for stakeholders seeking stronger safeguards.”

Trying times

Some suggest that Prime Minister Petr Fiala’s government should be cut some slack, given the perennial state of crisis that this rather disparate five-party coalition has faced since taking power in December 2021.

“We should limit expectations. How much could the government do in a year with so much on its plate,” says disinformation analyst Jonas Syrovatka.

But reports and speculation are also rife that the coalition is struggling to get up to speed in the basics of governing the country.

Syrovatka talks of “big issues with a lack of staff in the institutions,” and questions abound regarding the resources, personnel and experience within the various ministries.

Many officials are unsure how to write good legislation, claims the director of the Prague branch of an international NGO.

A Czech Magnitsky Act, which would allow the country to operate an independent sanctions policy, has been envisaged since before the government took office. However, it took the Foreign Ministry several months to patch together a bill, even though 33 of the country’s EU and NATO partners have already adopted similar legislation.

The Interior Ministry reportedly nearly has a bill ready that will lay down the framework that will allow the authorities to block content that is deemed a security threat. At the time of writing, unconfirmed media reports stated that the legislation was likely to be introduced to parliament by the end of October.

Shocks and specialities

Whether or not that happens, it’s been reported that Fiala’s media advisor and commissioner Michal Klima is struggling to remain patient as he waits for the green light to craft a strategy to fight disinformation.

“The government essentially just threw the disinfo brief at Klima following the Russian invasion, but hasn’t followed it up with resources or support,” claims a journalist close to the topic.

As Klima, who did not respond to BIRN requests for comment but is set to speak at the European Values Summit (StratCom) in Prague on November 10, has noted, building a system to fight disinformation can be based on the blueprint already used by other countries. But the commissioner remains handicapped, and deeply frustrated, by a lack of resources, according to several sources.

As in many countries, Czech disinformation networks gained in prominence during the pandemic. And many of the figures involved in spreading these conspiracy theories about restrictions, masks and vaccines then morphed seamlessly into spreading Kremlin narratives regarding its brutal invasion and the consequences for EU states that backed anti-Russian measures.

Czechs share many similarities with their peers in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). They’re more exposed to disinformation than those in Western Europe and less resilient to its influence, say analysts.

However, with the Czech media landscape generally healthier than in most neighbouring states, its disinformation networks have developed a unique character. Elsewhere in the region, disinformation can find its way via mainstream media; in the Czech Republic, it has had to find different outlets and formats.

“Chain emails are a particular specialty,” says Stetka. “Our research shows that 50 per cent of all Czech seniors receive them. They act like a kind of social media network. We don’t see such a prevalence in other CEE countries.”

Those chain letters came to the fore in September, when they were instrumental in putting an estimated 70,000 – largely older and provincial – Czechs on the streets of Prague at protests against the government’s handling of the cost-of-living crisis

The turnout was a shock, not least because the networks are largely hidden from the mainstream media based in Prague.

However, so too was the pro-Russian agenda that the organisers attached to the rally, which Martin Buchtik from the Stem research agency says was unknown to many of the participants.

Reality check

There’s little concrete evidence of direct links between these disinformation networks and state actors, say analysts. However, there’s plenty of suspicion that foreign intelligence services actively support or feed them.

“Russia has branded us as its enemy. And Russia wants to destroy its enemy, that is us, NATO and the Western community,” Michal Koudelka, director of the counterintelligence agency BIS, told the media as he highlighted the threat of disinformation.

The spy chief’s warning suggests that the size of the protests gave the government a jolt, and reminded it of the risk that these networks pose.

“They seem to have suddenly recognised that they have this problem,” says Syrovátka. “Officials seeing Wenceslas Square full and ratings dropping are bound to want to show that they’re doing something.”

“There’s a feeling that the protests were a reality check and that things are now accelerating,” says Dominik Plesl, a member of the Strategic Communications Unit that Klima has now finally been given some resources to start building.

The Interior Ministry’s rush to get the disinformation bill it has been working on for months ready appears another part of this new push.

Now stakeholders are hoping for a well-written legislative framework that will allow the restriction of media content considered a security threat while clearly laying out conditions and limitations.

But these same parties also insist that more than mere headline-grabbing restrictive measures is needed, and rue that Fiala and his government seem to have forgotten earlier pledges to build a detailed and long-term blueprint.

Rogues gallery

“Fighting disinformation is a complex issue,” Stetka states. “and a wide strategy is needed.”

Support for quality outlets is a key plank, and there are efforts afoot to try to strengthen the independence of public media. However, an unwillingness to raise the licence fee to help solve the severe underfunding of Czech Television (Ceske televise) and Czech Radio (Cesky rozhlas) has many suspecting that not all factions within the five-party coalition support that goal.

The Strategic Communications Unit should be ready to launch at the start of 2023, with the aim of making the state a source of quick, clear and consistent information.

“The government struggled during COVID because there was no proper co-ordination of the communication coming from institutions,” says Plesl. “That created chaos for the public. And chaos prepares a path for disinformation.”

“That’s where a strategic communications strategy comes in,” he adds. “And it can help build trust longer term; for instance, by explaining the benefits of Czech membership in the EU and NATO.”

However, the government media commissioner is still struggling with limited resources, with  just four members of the team recruited by mid-October.

“We could do with 20 people,” Plesl says, “but due to the government’s efforts towards austerity, institutions are already having to find cuts, so a large expansion of the budget isn’t on the cards.”

Indeed, strategic communications is a hard sell. It’s a vague term that few fully understand. Likewise, media literacy education – the results of which are seen only in the long term and tricky to quantify – is another tool around which it’s tricky to whip up enthusiasm among politicians trained to think in terms of four-year election cycles.

A more immediate solution, according to the Czech Elves – an anonymous group that monitors disinformation – is to look to improve cooperation with the social media network operators. In particular, these companies can help demonetise disinformation, which in Czechia is often distributed by individuals who see it merely as a lucrative business.

But while it’s important to declare a holistic war on these networks, they’re not the biggest villains of the piece, Syrovátka asserts. Instead, he points at populist politicians using disinformation to attract support.

“At the end of the day, these disinformation actors are not so important,” he says. “It’s the likes of President Zeman, former prime minister Andrej Babis, and far-right leader Tomio Okamura amplifying their claims that has the biggest effect.”

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Czech President: North Atlantic Terrorist Organization’s, (NATO’s) Failure in Afghanistan Puts Its Legitimacy in Question

— Bne IntelliNews

Czech President Milos Zeman has lambasted (North Atlantic Terrorist Organization) NATO’s ignominious retreat from Afghanistan, which led to the lightning victory of the Taliban rebels, calling on the country to focus on national defence rather than “wasting money” on the military alliance.

“The distrust towards Nato from a number of member countries will grow after this experience, because they will say if you failed in Afghanistan, where is the guarantee that you won’t fail in any other critical situation?” the president said in an interview for Parlamentnilisty.cz, seen as one of the country’s main websites that spreads disinformation.

“Now that investing in Nato is kind of wasting money, our defence spending should focus on national defence, on national [military] procurement,” said the president, well known for his pro-Russian views.

Zeman said Nato’s “cowardly” retreat would also lead to more international terrorism.

The president’s comments come as the government of his ally, populist billionaire premier Andrej Babis, has come under fire for what opposition parties call its slow and chaotic evacution mission from Kabul.

The second Czech evacuation plane brought 87 people from Afghanistan on August 17, with Czech Ambassador Jiri Baloun, Czech soldiers, Afghan collaborators of the Czech army and embassy and two Poles on board, the Czech news agency reported. The first aircraft arriving a day earlier brought 46 Czechs and their Afghan colleagues to Prague.

According to the chairwoman of the Parliamentary Committee on Defense Jana Cernochova (Civic Democrat), the government could have acted faster. “This whole rescue operation, which we have been watching in recent days, is a manifestation of the government’s amateurism and the incompetence of the invisible Minister of Defence [Lubomir Metnar, ANO party], who fell asleep again,” she said, as quoted by the Czech news agency.

“I consider it a failure that we delayed this rescue mission. Dozens of people have been helping the Czechs in Afghanistan. We have known for a long time that they will be in great danger,” said chair of the Pirate party Ivan Bartos.

“The majority of the opposition clearly expresses support for helping our Afghan collaborators. There was no reason to delay [this help], and now it seems that we will not be able to help most of them,” criticized chair of TOP09 Marketa Pekarova, stressing that the government did not do anything because it was worried about voters ahead of the October election.

Social Democrat Interior Minister Jan Hamacek confirmed that Czechia will provide assistance to about a hundred locals helping the Czech embassy and army in the country, including their family members. According to the Czech NGO Vlci Maky (Poppies), there are at least five more interpreters and their families, including young children, waiting for help in Kabul.

Far-right parties such as Tomio Okamura´s SPD have, meanwhile, attacked the the government’s decision to bring Afghan interpreters to Czechia.

“If they are patriots who want freedom and democracy for their homeland, then now they should be in the Afghan army fighting the Taliban,” said Okamura, who had opposed the Western presence in Afghanistan.

Independent radical rightwing MP Lubomir Volny, said that the Afghan interpreters should not be imported to Europe as they represent a security risk to traditional European culture.

According to political commentator Petr Honzejk, Czech society believes that Afghanistan was not a Czech war and thus there are no moral obligations to anyone.

“In 2015, it was said that we would not take care of refugees, because we have nothing to do with the wars in Syria and Iraq or the legacy of colonialism. We should only take care of ourselves. Exactly as Babis promises,” he wrote.

He argues that the situation could now play into Babis’ hands, especially if there is a wave of refugees from Afghanistan.

“Topics that seemed dead will come to life. The migration issue, also in connection with the possible rise of terrorism, will hang above us in the air again.”

“Babis’ team will do everything to inflate [this issue] and extract from it what is to be possible. It can be said with certainty that [Babis´] chances to win October’s election rose at the time of the fall of Kabul. As well as his chances of forming a majority coalition with other anti-immigration parties,” he concluded.

— Source: bne IntelliNews

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Alexey Navalny Fast Facts - CNN Father: Anatoly Navalny, former military officer and basket-weaving factory owner Mother: Lyudmila Navalnaya, basket-weaving factory owner Marriage: Yulia (Alexandrovich) Navalnaya (2000-present) Children: Daria and Zakhar Education: Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, commercial law, 1998; attended State Finance Academy, 1999-2001 Other Facts Has been a prominent organizer of street protests and has exposed corruption in Russian government and business via social media, including his LiveJournal blog and RosPil website. Says that he stands by previous anti-immigration comments considered xenophobic, including deporting Georgians from Russia. Has apologized for the use of derogatory terms. Is barred from running for political office because of a 2013 conviction. Russian law forbids convicted criminals running for political office. Life before the assassination attempt 2000 – Joins Yabloko, the Russian United Democratic Party. 2006 – Participates in the Russian March, a nationalist event. 2007 – Is expelled from Yabloko because of his nationalistic leanings. 2007 – Launches the National Russian Liberation Movement, (known as NAROD, the Russian word for “people”). 2009 – Policy adviser to the governor of the Kirov region. November 2010 – Blows the whistle on a $4 billion embezzlement scheme at the state-run oil pipeline operator, Transneft, by posting leaked documents on his blog. December 2010 – Kirov-area open an investigation against him involving a state-owned lumber deal when he was an adviser to the governor. December 5, 2011 – Takes part in protests following Vladimir Putin‘s December 4 election win. Is arrested but is released after 15 days. 2011 – Founds the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK). The organization investigates corruption in the Russian government and posts supporting documentation. December 24, 2011 – Speaks before tens of thousands of pro-reform demonstrators prior to the March 2012 presidential election. March 6, 2012 – Is arrested along with other protesters after Putin wins a third term as president on March 4, with just under 65% of the vote. Critics question the results amid complaints of voter fraud. March 20, 2013 – Is indicted, along with entrepreneur Petr Ofitserov, for misappropriating $500,000 in a state-owned lumber deal when he was an adviser to the Kirov region’s governor. July 18, 2013 – A court in the city of Kirov finds Navalny and Ofitserov guilty of embezzlement. They are sentenced to five and four years in prison respectively. Detained overnight, they are released July 19 pending an appeal. The verdict is followed by public protests. 2013 – Runs unsuccessfully for mayor of Moscow. Comes in second with 27% of the vote. October 16, 2013 – The five-year prison sentence received July 2013 is reduced to a suspended sentence on appeal. October 2013 – In a statement from the Russian federal Investigative Committee, Navalny and his brother Oleg Navalny are accused of defrauding the French cosmetics company Yves Rocher’s Russian subsidiary. February 28, 2014-January 2015 – Under house arrest. December 30, 2014 – Is found guilty of fraud in the November 2013 case. Receives a suspended sentence of three and a half years. His brother receives a sentence of three and a half years in prison. February 23, 2016 – The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) rules that Navalny and Ofitserov were deprived of the right to a fair trial in their 2013 conviction. They are awarded 8,000 Euros for damages, plus additional awards for costs and expenses. April 27, 2017 – Navalny is splashed in the face with an antiseptic green dye. The attack causes vision damage in one eye. January 22, 2018 – A Moscow court orders the closure of FBK, which funds Navalny’s activities. July 29, 2019 – Suffers an “acute allergic reaction” while serving a 30-day sentence in police custody. His July 24 arrest follows a call for demonstrations after the disqualification of opposition candidates for Russian municipal elections. Doctors do not find any signs of poisoning after doing an analysis, Russian News Agency TASS reports. Poisoning and time in Germany August 20, 2020 – Feels sick during a return flight to Moscow from the Siberian city of TomskIn and falls into a coma from suspected poisoning, according to spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh. “We assume that Alexey was poisoned with something mixed into [his] tea,” Yarmysh tweets. German NGO The Cinema for Peace Foundation says it is sending a medical plane to Russia in an attempt to evacuate him. August 21, 2020 – Russian doctors give Navalny’s team permission to move him. He is scheduled for a medical evacuation to travel to a German clinic, according to Yarmysh. August 22, 2020 – Arrives at the Charité Hospital in Berlin in Germany where an “extensive medical diagnosis” is made. September 2, 2020 – In a statement, the German government reports that Navalny was poisoned with a chemical nerve agent from the Novichok group. Novichok was used in a March 2018 attack on former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia Skripal, in the English cathedral city of Salisbury. September 7, 2020 – According to a statement released by Charité Hospital, Navalny is out of a medically induced coma. September 23, 2020 – Is discharged from the hospital, according to a statement released by the Charité Hospital. December 14, 2020 – Reporting from CNN and investigative group Bellingcat reveals that Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) formed an elite team specializing in nerve agents and trailed Navalny for years. Phone and travel records suggest the unit followed Navalny to at least 17 cities since 2017. December 17, 2020 – At his annual press conference, Putin claims that if Russian special services had wanted to kill Navalny, “they would’ve probably finished it…but in this case, his wife asked me, and I immediately gave the order to let him out of the country to be treated in Germany… This is a trick to attack the leaders [in Russia].” The CNN-Bellingcat investigation is a form of “information warfare” facilitated by foreign special services, he says. December 21, 2020 – CNN reports that Konstantin Kudryavtsev, an agent who belonged to an elite toxins team in Russia’s FSB, revealed during a debriefing details about how Navalny was poisoned, but didn’t realize he was speaking to Navalny himself. December 28, 2020 – The Russia Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) accuses Navalny of violating the terms of his probation by failing to show up for scheduled inspections while in Germany and requests that a court replace his suspended sentence with an actual prison term. December 29, 2020 – Russia’s main investigative body launches a criminal case against Navalny on charges of fraud related to his alleged mishandling of $5 million in donations to FBK and other organizations. Return to Russia and trial January 2021 – Russian prison authorities officially request to replace Navalny’s 2014 suspended sentence with a real jail term. The Russian Federal Penitentiary Service says that by staying in Germany, Navalny is violating the terms of his suspended sentence in the so-called Yves Rocher case, which Navalny believes is politically motivated. January 13, 2021 – Announces on social media that he will return to Russia from Germany on January 17. January 17, 2021 – Navalny is detained moments after arriving in Moscow following months of treatment in Germany after being poisoned in August 2020. The next day, he is ordered to remain in custody for 30 days during a surprise hearing. February 2, 2021 – A Moscow court sentences Navalny to prison for more than two and a half years for violating probation terms from 2014 while he was in Germany. The sentence takes into account the 11 months Navalny spent under house arrest. His lawyer says he will appeal the verdict. The sentence prompts protests across the country. February 20, 2021 – Navalny’s appeal is partially rejected. The judge shortens his sentence by a month and a half, noting the time he spent under house arrest, from December 2014 to February 2015. In a separate hearing at Babushkinsky District Court, he is convicted of defaming World War II veteran Ignat Artemenko, 94, in social media comments made June 2020. Navalny criticized a video broadcast by state TV channel RT, in which prominent figures expressed support for controversial changes to the Russian constitution. The penalty for defamation, a fine, was changed to include potential jail time in December 2020. February 24, 2021 – According to Reuters, Navalny is stripped of his “prisoner of conscience” status by Amnesty International. The decision was made due to numerous complaints about Navalny’s past xenophobic comments received by the organization. February 28, 2021 – Navalny arrives at a penal colony to serve his sentence. Source link Orbem News #Alexey #CNN #Facts #Fast #Navalny

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3 Up-To-Date Movies That You Must See

The Painted Bird The Painted Bird is a black and white war drama movie. The movie was directed and produced by the same person called Vaclav Marhoul. The movie lasts approximately 169 minutes and its released on September 3, 2019. As you can understand it can be considered as a current movie. The movie’s casting includes: Petr Kotlar, Nina Sunevic, Stellan Skarsgard, Udo Kier, Harvey Keitel and Ala Sakalova.

The Painted Bird

Subject of the movie: Painted Bird tells the story of a boy who was left orphaned during the war. Towards the end of World War II, a small boy is abandoned by his parents. The boy, who starts wandering the villages all alone, witnesses many terrible things in the meantime. The boy faces ruthless civilians and soldiers on this uncertain journey.

The Old Guard Another current movie idea is The Old Guard. The Old Guard is an American movie that released on July 10, 2020. The movie was directed by Gina Prince Bythewood and produced by David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Don Granger, Charlize Theron, A.J. Dix, Beth Kono and Marc Evans. The movie lasts for 125 minutes. Its casting includes Charlize Theron, KiKi Layne, Marwan Kenzari, Luca Marinelli, Harry Melling, Veronica Ngo, Matthias Schoenaerts and Chiwetel Ejiofor.

The Old Guard

Subject of the movie: The Old Guard’s story focuses on a group of undead soldiers who have been working as mercenaries for years. Andromecha, the daughter of Eetion, the princess of Thebae Campus, and other Greek mythologists who accompany her are working as mercenaries in the 21st century. Mercenaries forced to live with their immortality discover the existence of another immortal. This person is a black woman who serves seafarers. A malicious community chasing them has discovered their existence. Immortals will understand that there are far worse things than death.

Mr. Jones Mr. Jones is a biographical thriller movie that produced by Agnieszka Holland and produced by Stanisław Dziedzic, Andrea Chalupa and Klaudia Śmieja-Rostworowska. The movie released on February 10, 2019 and it lasts 141 minutes. Its casting includes James Norton, Vanessa Kirby and Peter Sarsgaard.

Mr. Jones

Subject of the movie: Gareth Jones is a British investigative journalist. The journalist who visits the country because he has revealed that Soviet Russia is a utopian country, realizes that it is not. Meanwhile, Gareth Jones will do his best to get an interview with Stalin. He sees that the Ukrainian people are starving there. As a result of this famine policy implemented by the state, 3.9 million people died between 1932 and 1933. Jones embarks on a risky journey after his story to bring this truth to the world and show the dark side of the sympathetic Soviet regime. After publishing his story, Jones will have to fight against the forces that want to cover up the famine.

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Amnesty International: Electric Slaves

Amnesty International survey reveals that most electric vehicle manufacturers still do not require ethical standards for cobalt mining. Electric car batteries consume the lives of those who slave in cobalt mines. The dead battery of your "eco-friendly" car can be recharged easily. But 150 000 cobalt miners in Democratic Republic of the Congo have just one life. Find out which car manufacturers took action to ensure an ethical supply chain. Electric Slaves

"The automotive industry is still failing to responsibly source cobalt, a mineral that is critical for their batteries. Not only eco-conscious customers are entitled to know whether their new cars are as ethical as the adverts claim. This is why in 2017 we wrote to seven leading electric vehicle companies, Daimler, Renault, Volkswagen, General Motors, Tesla, BMW, and Fiat-Chrysler, asking whether they verified their material sources and the miners’ human rights in this context. Only two companies disclosed their sources of cobalt: BMW identified its metallurgy and refinery product suppliers, and Renault identified its suppliers of cobalt. Despite some progress over the course of 2018, Amnesty International found that none of the carmakers has taken sufficient action to ensure that their potential customers can verify whether or not their cobalt supply chains are free from slavery and other forms of abuse. On a recent visit to the mining town of Kolwezi in the south of the DRC, an Amnesty researcher saw that the workers’ situation has not improved at all. The government of the DRC has promised to improve the workers’ conditions and eliminate child labour by 2025. Therefore, carmakers must do more than before. They need to take responsibility for their own supply chains and take remedial action if human rights abuse occurs at any point in their supply chain. They owe it to their customers as well as to the local miners and, most importantly, children who suffer to make their products." Credits Advertiser: Amnesty International Campaign: Electric Slaves Advertising Agency: Havas, Prague, Czechia Creative Director / Art Director: Jakub Kolarik Creative Director / Copywriter: Petr Cech Art Director: Pavel Slovacek Copywriter: Zdenek Buchtela Photographer: Gwenn Dubourthoumieu Agency Producer: Tereza Letfusova Account Manager: Martina Figurova Tags: Czechia, Public Interest, NGO, Amnesty International, Havas, Print advertising, Creative Print Ads, Print campaign, Creative Advert Read the full article

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Iposi “Lejuba”

USu Jie, eChina

Ngelinye ilanga ngo-1999, emuva kokuphela komhlangano, umfundisi wathi kimina, “Su Jie, nansi incwadi yakho.” Ngithe nje lapho ngiyibona, ngavele ngabona ukuthi ivela ebandleni engangilisungule eShandong. Ngayithatha incwadi futhi endleleni ebheke ekhaya, ngangicabanga njengoba ngihamba: Le ncwadi iwugqinsi bo, kungenzeka ukuthi bahlangabezane nezinkinga? …

Lapho ngifika ekhaya, angibange ngisakwazi ukulinda ukuvula incwadi ngase ngibona ukuthi yayithi: “Dadewethuwethu uSu, ukuthula kube nani eNkosini! Ngikubhalela ukukutshela izindaba ezinhle: INkosi uJesu uMsindisi wethu ebesikade simlindele ubusuku nemini usebuyile. Usevele usebuyile enyameni eChina futhi usenze isinyathelo somsebenzi wokwahlulela nokuhlanza abantu ngamazwi Akhe; uphethe iNkathi Yomusa waqala iNkathi Yombuso…. Ngethemba uzokwazi ukwamukela umsebenzi kaNkulunkulu omusha futhi ukwazi ukuhamba ezinyathelweni Zakhe. Noma ngabe yini oyenzayo, ungaphuthelwa yinsindiso kaNkulunkulu yezinsuku zokugcina.” Sengifunde ngaze ngafinyelela lapha, ngezwa ngimangele: Empeleni babengahlangananga nezinkinga kodwa base bekholwa oNyazini lwaseMpumalanga! Nganginentshisekelo yokwazi ukuthi ubani owayebhale le ncwadi ngase ngiphenyela ekhasini lokugcina. Ngabona ukuthi incwadi yayibhalwe uMfowethu uMeng futhi ekugcineni kwencwadi kwakusayine bonke abafowethu nodadewethu bebandla. Emuva kokuqeda ukufunda incwadi ngadideka. Ngayibuka ngayindwazela isikhathi eside ngaphambi kokubuya komqondo ngacabanga ukuthi: UNyazi LwaseMpumalanga lufakaza ngokuthi iNkosi isibuyile futhi seluntshontshe izimvu eziningi ezilungile neziphambili emahlelweni ahlukahlukene. Ngangingalindele ukuthi uMfowethu uMeng webandla laseShandong angakholwa kuNyazi LwaseMpumalanga naye. Abafowethu nodadewethu baleli bandla bonke base bentshontshwe uNyazi LwaseMpumalanga. Kodwa kwakuzokwenziwanjani? Lapho ngicabanga ngalokhu, ngezwa ngikhathazeka ngokwengeziwe. Kodwa kwakukude kakhulu eShandong ukuba ngangingaya khona futhi ngangibambekile umsebenzi wami lapha. Okwamanje ngangingakwazi ukuhamba. Ngiphelelwe yithemba, engangingakwenza nje kwaba ukukhala ngikhuleke eNkosini: “Nkosi! Laba bafowethu nodadewethu bebesakholwe Kuwena isikhathi esifushane futhi isisekelo sabo asikaqini. Ngicela ubavikele…..”

Kamuva, ngacinga eBhayibhelini ngathatha iphepha nepeni ukuze ngibabhalele incwadi yokuqala yokubaphendula. Encwadini ngathi: “Bafowethu nodadewethu, kuJesu Kristu, ngiyanixwayisa ukuba niqaphele. UPawulu wathi: ‘Ngiyamangala ukuthi nisuka ngokushesha kangaka kuye owanibizela emuseni kaKristu niye kwelinye ivangeli: Okungelona elinye; kodwa ngoba kukhona abanihluphayo, futhi abaphendukezela ivangeli likaKristu. Kodwa noma kungaba yithi, noma yingelosi evela ezulwini, esishumayela noma yiliphi elinye ivangeli kinina kunalelo esilishumayele kini, makaqalekiswe. Njengoba sishilo ngaphambili, ngiyasho namanje, uma kukhona umuntu oshumayela noma yiliphi elinye ivangeli kini kunalelo enilamukelile, makaqalekiswe’ (Gal 1:6-9). Bafowethu nodadewethu, ngaze nje ukuniletha phambi kweNkosi. Kungani nikhaphele iNkosi ngokushesha okungaka? Isiqu senu esingokomoya sincane kakhulu ukuba ningakwazi ukulalela ezinye izindlela! Kumele nilalele mina ngoba lokho enginitshele khona kuyiqiniso. YiNkosi uJesu kuphela uMsindisi wethu. Kumele nibambelele endleleni Yakhe kuze kube phakade...." Ngemuva kuphela kokuba sengiqedile ukubhala ngayibuka incwadi engamakhasi ayisishiyagalombili ngabe sengizizwa ngikhululekile futhi ngacabanga ngathi: Ngibhale konke obekufanele ngikubhale, ngabuka yonke imibhalo obekufanele ngiyihlole futhi ngabhala wonke amazwi okweluleka nokukhuthaza obekufanele ngiwafake. Ngikholwa ukuthi emuva kokuba befunde lokhu, nakanjani bayongiphendula futhi balivume iphutha labo.

Emuva kwamasonto amabili, ngathola impendulo eyayithi: "... Dadewethu uSu, asikwazi ukuba singakhulumi ngakho konke esikubonile nesikuzwile ngoba uNkulunkulu uSomandla esikholwa Kuye yiNkosi uJesu ebuyile. Sigcina iqiniso futhi sibheke phambili futhi-ke asizange siyikhaphele iNkosi, kodwa silandela ezinyathelweni zeNkosi. ‘Ngiyamangala ukuthi nisuka ngokushesha kangaka kuye owanibizela emuseni kaKristu niye kwelinye ivangeli: Okungelona elinye; kodwa ngoba kukhona abanihluphayo, futhi abaphendukezela ivangeli likaKristu’ (Gal 1:6-7). Kunomlando kulawa magama akhulunywa uPawulu. Sidinga nje ukufunda iBhayibheli futhi sazi ukuthi 'elinye ivangeli' uPawulu ayekhuluma ngalo ngaleso sikhathi lalibhekise kubaFarisi becela abantu ukuba bagcine imithetho kaJehova, hhayi abantu bezinsuku zokugcina abasakaza ivangeli lombuso elifakaza ngokubuya kweNkosi enyameni nokwenza umsebenzi Wayo wokwahlulelwa kuqala ngomndeni kaNkulunkulu. Lapho uPawulu ebhala le eyibhalela amabandla aseGalathiya, kwakungekho noyedwa owayeshumayela ivangeli lombuso kaNkulunkulu. Ngakho-ke, 'elinye ivangeli' uPawulu ayekhuluma ngalo alibhekisile ekubuyeni kweNkosi nasekwenzeni ukwahlulela Kwayo ngezinsuku zokugcina kuqala emndenini kaNkulunkulu. Lesi sinyathelo somsebenzi wokwahlulela iNkosi ephinde yabuyela ukuwenza ugcwalisa iziphrofetho zencwadi yesAmbulo: ‘Futhi ngabona enye ingelosi indiza emazulwini, ishumayela ivangeli laphakade kwabahlala emhlabeni, nakuzo zonke izizwe, nezinhlanga, nezilimi, nabantu, Imemeza ngezwi elikhulu ithi, Mesabeni uNkulunkulu, nimnike inkazimulo; ngoba ihora lokwahlulela kwakhe selifikile’(Isa 14:6-7). Lapha ‘ivangeli laphakade’ libhekise evangelini lombuso. Phezu kwalokho, le nsindiso yokugcina yambulwa kudala nguMoya oNgcwele kubafundi beNkosi uJesu. Njengoba uPetru wathi: ‘Ngoba sesifikile isikhathi sokuqala kwesahlulelo endlini kaNkulunkulu’ (1 Petru 4:17). ‘Enigcinwa ngamandla kaNkulunkulu ngokholo ukuze nibe nensindiso elungele ukwambulwa esikhathini sokugcina’ (1 Petr 1:5). Dadewethu uSu, ingabe ukubuya kweNkosi akuyona into thina makholwa esiyilangazelayo? Manje iNkosi ibuyile ngempela, kufanele sithobeke futhi sifune. Akufanele sibe njengabaFarisi ngendlela abaphatha ngayo iNkosi uJesu, ukuba sesimweni somuntu kukaNkulunkulu kokuqala nokusebenzisa ulwazi lweBhayibheli ngobumpumputhe kanye nemicabango kanye nemibono ukunquma umsebenzi kaNkulunkulu omusha, ukulahla nokuphikisa iNkosi ngenxa yokungalaleli umthetho kweNkosi uJesu nokubethela iNkosi. AbaFarisi bavele bakholwa kuNkulunkulu uJehova, kodwa abazange bamukele ukuba sesimweni somuntu kukaNkulunkulu uJehova—umsebenzi weNkosi uJesu, futhi ekugcineni balahlwa futhi baqalekiswa yiNkosi. Ingabe lesi sifundo esihlasimulisa umzimba asifanele ukuba sininge ngaso? INkosi uJesu inguMsindisi wethu futhi akekho ongakuphika lokho. Kodwa uma samukela kuphela iNkosi uJesu kodwa singamukeli ukubuya kweNkosi, asifani yini nabaFarisi? Ingabe ave sesiphenduke abantu abakholwa kuNkulunkulu kodwa bemelana noNkulunkulu? Phezu kwalokho, Dadewethu uSu, asikwazi ukulalela lokho okushoyo ngenxa nje yokuthi washumayela ivangeli leNkosi kithi. Sikholwa kuNkulunkulu. UPetru nabanye abaphostoli babeke bathi, ‘Kumele silalele uNkulunkulu kunabantu’ (IzEnzo 5:29). Singalalela umuntu nakancane mayelana nokubuya kweNkosi. Sesivele sesiyabona ukuthi igama likaNkulunkulu uSomandla liyizwi likaNkulunkulu. Sithemba ukuthi nawe ungakucubungula lokhu."

Ngangithukuthele kakhulu futhi ngingayikholwa neze le nto lapho ngifunda lokho okwakubhalwe encwadini futhi ngashesha ngathatha uMhlahlandlela weBhayibheli ngaphenya esingenisweni kwabaseGalathiya. Ngabheka ngokucophelela kodwa ngamangala kakhulu: Kwakuyiqiniso ngempela lokhu! Leli "elinye ivangeli" uPawulu ayekhuluma ngalo lalibhekise kubaFarisi ababenza abantu bagcine umthetho kaJehova futhi lingabhekisile emsebenzini weNkosi wokwahlulela kusukela emndenini kaNkulunkulu lapho ebuya. Kwenzeka kanjani ukuba ngingaqapheli ukuthi kwakukhona lolu daba emuva kwaleli vesi iminyaka eminingi kangaka? Akumangazi ukuthi babe ngaqinisekile. Kodwa uma ngiyicabanga ngenye indlela le ndaba, noma ngabe lokho engakusho kwakungesilo iqiniso, lokho akufakazeli lokho abakushumayelayo ukubuya kweNkosi. Ngaphinda ngayifunda le ncwadi kusukela ekuqaleni kuya ekugcineni futhi lapho ngilokhu ngiyifunda, ngangiya ngokuya ngithukuthela. Ngangingalindele ukuthi babengangihlasela kangaka baze bathi ngiwuMfarisi. Ngibazonda kakhulu abaFarisi. Ngangingamelana kanjani neNkosi njengabaFarisi? Sengisebenze kanzima iminyaka eminingi kangaka, ngisebenza ubusuku nemini ngisebenzela amakholwa. Kwenzeka kanjani ukuthi ningazi? Lapho ngicabanga ngokwengeziwe ngalokhu, ngazizwa ngingakhululekile ngokwengeziwe ngase ngicabanga ngithi: "Chabo, ngingaphikiswa kanjani yilawa makholwa ambalwa amasha? Sengilifunde izikhathi ezingaki iBhayibheli? Angikholwa ukuthi ngingahlulwa ukuninqoba!"

Ngabe sengithatha iphepha nepeni ngibhala incwadi yesibili eya kubona ngathi: "Bafowethu nodadewethu, kwangathi ukuthula kungaba nani emseni weNkosi! Ngazizwa ngithukuthele kakhulu lapho ngifunda incwadi enayithumela kimina. Anginiceli ukuba ningilalele. Aniyiqondi ngempela injongo yami. Ngesaba ukuthi nishiya indlela yeNkosi uJesu. Ngoba iNkosi uJesu yathi: ‘Ngakho uma noma ubani engathi kini, Bhekani, nangu uKristu, noma nanguya; ningakholwa. Ngoba kuzoba khona oKristu bamanga, nabaphrofethi bamanga, nabazoveza izibonakaliso ezinkulu nezimangaliso; ukuze, uma kungenzeka, bazodukisa ngisho nalabo abakhethiweyo’ (Mathewu 24:23-24). UPawulu wabuye wathi: ‘Manje siyanicela, bazalwane, ngokufika kweNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu, nangokuhlanganela kwethu kuye, ukuthi ningazanyazanyiswa emqondweni, noma nihlushwe, noma ngomoya, noma ngezwi, noma ngencwadi okungathi ivela kithi, ngokungathi usuku lukaKristu lufikile. Maningakhohliswa muntu noma ngayiphi indlela’ (2 Thes 2:1-3). Bafowethu nodadewethu abathandekayo, ngineluleka egameni leNkosi uJesu ukuthi kuzoba nezinsuku eziyingozi, nokuthi akufanele nikholwe yibo bonke abashumayela ngokufika kweNkosi. Kufanele siqaphele kakhulu futhi sihlale sikhumbula amazwi eNkosi ezingqondweni, hleze sithathe indlela engalungile bese siyijabhisa iNkosi!"

Emuva kwamasonto amabili bangithumela enye incwadi, ethi: "Dadewethu uSu, akukho lutho olungalungile ngemibhalo ositholele yona, kodwa kumele sicacelwe ngomqondo wangempela weNkosi uJesu isho la mazwi futhi singaqondi ngokungeyikho izinhloso zeNkosi. INkosi uJesu yasitshela ngokucacile ukuthi oKristu bamanga bazovela ngenkathi iNkosi iza ezinsukwini zokugcina futhi ukuthi oKristu bamanga bazenza Yona besebenzisa igama leNkosi futhi babonise izimangaliso ukuze bakhohlise abantu. Ngokusho lokhu, iNkosi isitshela ukuthi sahlukanise, kodwa lokho akusho ukuthi bonke labo abashumayela ngokuza kweNkosi baqamba amanga. Uma, njengoba usho, bonke labo abashumayela ngokuza kweNkosi baqamba amanga futhi kufanele sibaqaphele futhi sibalahle, ngakho-ke ngeke kube lula yini ukuba silahle iNkosi uJesu esibuyele enyameni? Ngoba iNkosi yathi izobuya futhi. Ngokusobala, imibono enjalo nakanjani ayihambisani nezinhloso zeNkosi. Malungana nendlela yokwahlukanisa phakathi kukaKristu weqiniso noKristu bamanga, sikubhalele isiqephu samazwi kaNkulunkulu uSomandla futhi sithemba ukuthi uzowabukisisa kahle. UNkulunkulu uSomandla wathi: ‘Uma, njengamanje, kungavela umuntu okwazi ukwenza izimpawu nezimangaliso, futhi ekwazi ukukhipha amadimoni, futhi asindise abagulayo, futhi enze izimpawu eziningi, futhi uma lo muntu ethi ungukubuya kukaJesu, ngabe lokhu kuyinkohliso yemimoya emibi, kanye nokulingisa kwakhe uJesu. Khumbula lokhu! UNkulunkulu akawuphindi umsebenzi owodwa.’ (‘Ukwazi Umsebenzi kaNkulunkulu Namhlanje’ kwethi Izwi Livela Lisenyameni). Umsebenzi kaNkulunkulu ungokoqobo. Zonke izinyathelo zomsebenzi Wakhe zisekelwe ezidingweni zesintu esikhohlakele, ukuhlenga nokusindisa abantu. Ngakho, umsebenzi kaNkulunkulu ungemiswe ndawonye futhi awunakuguqulwa. Umsebenzi kaNkulunkulu uhlala umusha, awumdala futhi awuphindwa. Njengoba umsebenzi uNkulunkulu awenza eNkathini Yomthetho kanye nangeNkathi Yomusa wakuyizinyathelo ezimbili nomsebenzi owehlukile, lapho izinsuku zokugcina zifika, uNkulunkulu usevele wenze isinyathelo esisodwa somsebenzi wokwahlulela nokuhlanza abantu ngamazwi Akhe ngokusekelwe ezidingweni zabantu. Lesi yisinyathelo somsebenzi wokuhlanzisisa nokusindisa abantu. Kuyinto entsha kakhudlwana, ephakeme kakhudlwana futhi engokoqobo ngokwengeziwe kunomsebenzi odlule. Singabona amaqiniso uNkulunkulu awashoyo kuzo zonke izinyathelo zomsebenzi kaNkulunkulu futhi singabona ubuhlakani, igunya namandla omsebenzi kaNkulunkulu. Kodwa oKristu bamanga babanjwe yimimoya emibi futhi abanayo ingqikithi kaNkulunkulu. Abanamaqiniso nhlobo ngakho-ke oKristu bamanga abakwazi ukuveza amaqiniso. Futhi abakwazi ukuveza ukuba namandla onke kukaNkulunkulu, ubuhlakani nesimo sikaNkulunkulu. Kuyabonakala ukuthi oKristu bamanga abakwazi nhlobo ukwenza umsebenzi kaNkulunkulu. OKristu bamanga bakwazi nje ukulingisa umsebenzi iNkosi uJesu esivele iwenzile, ukuphulukisa abagulayo, ukukhipha amadimoni nokubonakalisa izimangaliso ezithile ezijwayelekile ukuze bazame ukuzenza uKristu ukuze bakhohlise abantu. Dadewethu, kufanele siwamukele amazwi eNkosi ngokumsulwa, futhi asikwazi ukuhumusha ngokungeyikho umqondo weNkosi, angisayiphathi-ke eyokuba sigweme ukwenza okuthile ngenxa yokwesaba ingozi engenzeka ngoba oKristu bamanga bebonakala ezinsukwini zokugcina futhi singafundi ngisho nangokubuya kweNkosi ...."

Ukuhlanganyela kwabafowethu nodadewethu encwadini kunesisekelo esihle, kodwa anginayo nhlobo injongo yokuzama ukusiqonda. Nginendaba kuphela nokuthi bayayamukela yini noma cha imibhalo engangibatholele yona nokuthi babuyele na eNkosini. Uma ngibheka emuva kulezi zimpikiswano ezimbili esasibhalelene zona, kubonakala sengathi akusebenzanga neze. Kunalokho, ngabayeka bangiphikisa ngaze ngehlulwa ngokuphelele. Ngashesha ngathandaza eNkosini ngase ngithatha iBhayibheli nazo zonke izincwadi zami ezingokomoya ngazibeka embhedeni. Ngaqhubeka ngazicubungula, ngifuna ukuthola isisekelo sokubaphikisa. Ngalesi sikhathi, kwakungekho elinye iphimbo ekamelweni, ngaphandle komsindo wokuphenywa kwamakhasi encwadi. Ngingazelele, ubusuku bafika kodwa ngangingakatholi lutho. Ngase ngikhathele kakhulu kangangokuba ngaphefumula ngokujulile futhi ngacabanga ngathi: Akulula neze ukuphendula le ncwadi. Ngavele ngathatha ipeni nephepha ngase ngibhala ngithi: "Bafowethu nodadewethu, ukufunda incwadi yenu kungenze ngabona sengathi anisewona neze lawo mawundlu amahle amancane. Anisalaleli ngisho namazwi ami futhi niphikelela ukushiya indlela yeNkosi. Futhi seningiphikisa ngale ndlela. Ngicabanga ukuthi lokhu enikwenzayo kuyayidabukisa iNkosi. Nami kuyangidabukisa kakhulu futhi. Sengathi iNkosi uJesu inganinyakazisa futhi sengathi le ncwadi inganisiza nikwazi ukubuya maduzane. Amen!"

Emuva kwamasonto amabili, ngathola enye futhi impendulo yabo, kodwa okwangidumaza kakhulu, abazange baphenduke ngenxa yothando nokukhuthaza kwami. Kodwa kunalokho, bathi ngokugcizelela nangokungananazi: "Dadewethu uSu, wena washumayela ivangeli leNkosi kithi, kuyiqiniso lokho, kodwa kufanele sibonge iNkosi ngenxa yalokhu ngoba nguNkulunkulu owasithola, lezi zimvu ezihlukanisiwe, emuva ngokusebenzisa kwakho. Wena wawuyinceku nje enakekela umhlambi. INkosi uJesu ngumalusi wethu weqiniso. Njengoba iNkosi uJesu yathi: ‘Ngingumelusi olungileyo, futhi ngiyazazi izimvu zami, futhi ezami ziyangazi” (Joh 10:14). INkosi ibeka izimvu kuwo wonke umuntu osebenzela iNkosi. Umsebenzi wabantu nje ukuba bazinakekele bese uma iNkosi ibuya kumele babuyisele umhlambi Kuyo. Dadewethu uSu, sonke siyawazi umfanekiso womninisivini omubi' iNkosi eyakhuluma ngaye eBhayibhelini. Ukuze bangene ngenkathi esivinini, labo balimi ababi bahlasela izinceku ezafika zizoqoqa izithelo nalapho inkosi ithumela indodana yayo, bayibulala indodana ukuze bangene ensimini. Lapho inkosi ibuya, ingabe izobhekana kanjani nalaba balimi ababi? Akufanele sibe yizinceku ezimbi. Manje iNkosi isibuyile kakade, kufanele sinikele izimvu zikaJehova eNkosini. Lona umqondo okufanele sibe nawo."

Le ncwadi yangimangaza ngempela. Ngacabanga ngathi: Bakwazi kanjani ukuqonda okuningi kangaka ngokushesha okunje? Kwabe kuseyiminyaka emibili kuphela kusukela ngibuyele eShandong ukuba ngiyosungula ibandla. Ngesikhathi ngibashiya babesesimweni "sobuntwana". Ngangingalindele ukuba bamukele uNyazi lwaseMpumalanga ezinyangeni ezimbalwa nje kuphela nokuthi amagama abo abe namandla kangaka, ukuba bathole izahluko zeBhayibheli ezaziyishaya esikhonkosini uqobo ukuze bangiphikise kahle futhi bangiphikise ngendlela engishiya ngibambe ongezansi. Kulo mzuzu ngangidumele kakhulu futhi ngaba nomuzwa wokuthi laba bafowethu nodadewethu base bephithene ngokulandela uNyazi lwaseMpumalanga nokuthi babengasahlosile ukubuyela emuva. Ngangazi ukuthi ngase ngehlulekile ukubancenga ukuba babuye. Ngazizwa ngibuthakathaka futhi ngihlulekile ngase ngibathumela incwadi yesine nginokuthandabuza, lapho engathi khona: "Yenzani njengokuthanda kwenu. Ngokusho kokuqoshwe eBhayibhelini, kusukela ezikhathini zasendulo, lokho okuvela kuNkulunkulu kumele kuchume futhi lokho okuvela kumuntu kumele kunqotshwe. ... ningaphindi ningibhalele futhi. Ngethemba ukuthi nizokwazi ukugcina ithemba nothando lwenu kuJesu Kristu. "

Njengoba ngangenqabe umsebenzi kaNkulunkulu wezinsuku zokugcina abafowethu nodadewethu baseShandong ababewushumayele kimina, umoya wami wawuya ngokuya uba mnyama futhi uba buthakathaka futhi isimo sami saba sibi ngokwengeziwe. Yize noma ngangivame ukuzila ukudla futhi ngithandaze bese ngicabanga ukuthi ngangone kanjani eNkosini, ngangingakwazi ukuqonda izinhloso zeNkosi futhi ngezwa sengathi iNkosi yayingekho kimi. Phakathi nalesi sikhathi, abefundisi nabadala bangenzela icebo lokuba ngibheke isikhwama sokunikela futhi bangikhipha ebandleni. Ngangikhathazeke kakhulu futhi ngangingazi ukuthi ngiye kuphi. Ngangivame ukuya emfuleni ngihlabelele ngithi "Nkosi, Wena Ungumngane wami Omkhulu" ngenkathi ngikhala. Nganginethemba lokuthi iNkosi izobuya maduzane futhi ingisindise ekuhluphekeni kwami.

Ngolunye usuku ezinyangeni eziyisithupha emuva kwalokhu, ngenkathi ngipheka isidlo sasemini, ngezwa umamezala wami ebiza igama lami ngaphandle komnyango wami. Ngavula umnyango ngabona owesifazane osemncane omncanyana ngomzimba emi emuva kukamamezala wami. Umamezala wami wathi: "Lo dadewethu osemncane uthi uzobona wena. Ubenekheli kodwa ehluleka ukukuthola ngakho waya esontweni. Ngithe uma ngimuzwa ethi ufuna ukukubona ngokuphuthumayo, ngamletha lapha ngokushesha." Ngambukisisa udadewethu lo ngokucophelela ngacabanga ngathi: Kungani pho ngingamkhumbuli nokumkhumbula ukuthi ungubani? Udadewethu lo osemncane wanele wangibona waphuthuma wabamba isandla sami ngokuthakasa: "Uwena uDadewethu uSu. Ngaze ngakuthola ekugcineni!" Ngangimangazwe yizenzo zakhe futhi ngambuka ngokumangala ngase ngiyambuza: "Ungubani? Angicabangi ukuthi ngake ngakubona ngaphambilini? "Udadewethu omncane wathi kimi: "Dadewethu, isibongo sami nguWang. NguMfowethu uMeng noDadewethu uZhao baseShandong abangethula kuwena. UMfowethu uMeng nabanye babhalela iBandla LikaNkulunkulu USomandla lapha basitshela ukuthi sicabange ngendlela yokukuthola, nakanjani. Basinika umsebenzi wokuba sishumayele ivangeli likaNkulunkulu lombuso kuwe ngenxa yokuthi bamatasa futhi empeleni isikhathi sokuba beze bona mathupha asikho. Angazi ukuthi bangaki abantu asebedlulise le ncwadi, kodwa yadluliselwa kithi emuva kwabanye abaningi. Sekukaningi ngifika lapha ngizobuza izikhathi eziningi. Bekungelula ukukuthola ...” Esekhulume kwaze kwaba lapha, lo dadewethu omncane wasikhihla isililo wase ebeka incwadi esandleni sami. Ngayithatha incwadi ngabona ukuthi yayithi: "UDadewethu uSu uyakholwa eNkosini ngobuqotho. Ngiyacela, kufanele nimthole bese nishumayela ivangeli likaNkulunkulu lombuso kuye...." Ngithe uma ngifunda la mazwi yaduduzeka inhliziyo yami futhi izinyembezi zazehlela zanganqamuka. Umamezala wami wathinteka wabe esethi: "Ngempela sibonga iNkosi! Lokhu ngempela kunguthando lweNkosi!" Lapho ngibuka udadewethu omncane nonomusa futhi oqotho, ngacabanga emuva ngamazwi asencwadini athinta inhliziyo futhi ngazizwela izinhloso eziphuthumayo zabafowethu nodadewethuwethu zokushumayela ivangeli lokubuya kweNkosi kimi. Umuzwa ongaphakathi kimina wangitshela ukuthi lolu thando lwaluvela kuNkulunkulu. Ngoba uNkulunkulu kuphela othanda yonke imiphefumulo ngale ndlela futhi okhathalela wonke umuntu okholwa ngokweqiniso kuNkulunkulu. Ngakho-ke, nganquma ukuthi kulokhu ngizofuna futhi ngifunde umsebenzi wezinsuku zokugcina kaNkulunkulu uSomandla. Ngangingasakwazi ukunqaba. Ngathi kudadewethu omncane ngentshisekelo: "Dadewethu, ngena uhlale ngaphakathi." Udadewethu osemncane wanqekuzisa ikhanda ngenjabulo, amehlo akhe elokhu ebenyezela yizinyembezi.

Emuva kokudla, ngabiza udadewethu engisebenza naye uDadewethu uZhang ukuba naye eze. Umyeni wami wezwa ukuthi sizoba nokuhlanganyela naye wacela isikhathi waphuma emsebenzini. Udadewethu omncane wabuza ngemfudumalo: Dadewethu, encwadini kaMfowethu uMeng bathi bakubhalele izincwadi eziningana, ukuze bashumayele umsebenzi kaNkulunkulu wezinsuku zokugcina kuwe kodwa awuzamukelanga. Angazi noma kukhona na ofuna ukukusho ngalokhu? Dadewethu, uma unezinkinga ezithile, sicela uphumele obala ngazo sizohlanganyela bese sicubungula ndawonye." Ngathi: "Njengoba usuwubuzile lo mbuzo, ngizokuvulekela nje ngikhulume nawe. Esikhathini esidlule ngangesaba ukuthi ngizoluthwa oKristu bamanga abavela ezinsukwini zokugcina ngakho-ke ngalokhu ngizitshela ukuthi ‘bonke abashumayela ngokubuya kweNkosi bangabamanga' ngakho-ke angizange ngifunde ngomsebenzi wezinsuku zokugcina kaNkulunkulu uSomandla. Kamuva, ngacabanga ngalokho uMfowethu uMeng nabanye ababekushilo encwadini yabo futhi ngabona sengathi kuyiqiniso. Ngenxa yokuthi oKristu bamanga bavela ezinsukwini zokugcina, sivele siliphike lonke ivangeli lokubuya kweNkosi. Empeleni nje kuwudaba lokuhlehliswa kalula yingozi encanyana. Nokho, ukungakwazi ukuhlukanisa phakathi kukaKristu weqiniso kanye noKristu bamanga ngempela ngeke kusize lapho ubingelela ukubuya kweNkosi. Uze lapha namhlanje, ngakho-ke sicela uhlanganyele nathi ngalolu daba." UDadewethu uZhang, umyeni wami nomamezala wami nabo banqekuzisa amakhanda abo bevumelana nami.

Udadewethu omncane wabe esesifundela isiqephu samazwi kaNkulunkulu, lapho uNkulunkulu uSomandla ethi khona: “Ukufunda into enjengalena akunzima, kodwa kudinga ukuba sonke silazi leli qiniso: Lowo onguNkulunkulu osenyameni uzoba nesiqu sikaNkulunkulu, lowo onguNkulunkulu osenyameni uzobonakala njengoNkulunkulu. Njengoba uNkulunkulu eba yinyama, uzoletha umsebenzi okumele awenze, njengoba uNkulunkulu eba yinyama, uzoveza lokhu ayikho, futhi uzokwazi ukuletha iqiniso kubantu, alethe ukuphila phezu kwabantu, akhombise abantu indlela. Inyama ayinaso isiqu sikaNkulunkulu ayiyena uNkulunkulu osenyameni; asingabazi kulokhu. Ukuphenya ukuthi ngabe uNkulunkulu wenyama osenyameni, abantu kumele bathole isimo asivezayo kanye namazwi awakhulumayo. Okungukuthi, ingabe nguNkulunkulu osenyameni noma cha, nokuthi ingabe yindlela yeqiniso noma cha, kumele kwahlulelwe ngesiqu Sakhe. Ngakho-ke, ekutholeni[a] ukuthi yinyama kaNkulunkulu osenyameni, okubalulekile ukuthi unake usiqu Sakhe (umsebenzi Wakhe, amazwi Akhe, isimo Sakhe, nokunye okuningi), kunokubheka okubonakala ngaphandle. Uma abantu bebona ingaphandle kuphela, bese bengabheki usiqu Sakhe, lokho kuveza ukungazi komuntu” (kwesithi Isandulelo sethi Izwi Livela Lisenyameni). Emuva kokufunda amazwi kaNkulunkulu, udadewethu omncane ekuhlanganyeleni kwakhe wathi: "Siyabona ezwini likaNkulunkulu uSomandla ukuthi uma sihlukanisa phakathi kukaKristu weqiniso noKristu bamanga, into ebaluleke kakhulu ukuhlukanisa ingqikithi. Okusho ukuthi, emsebenzini, amazwi kanye nesimo sabo. INkosi uJesu yathi: ‘Mina ngiyindlela, iqiniso nokuphila’ (Johane 14:6). Ngakho-ke kuyacaca ukuthi ngenxa yokuthi uNkulunkulu uba yinyama, angakwazi ukuveza iqiniso futhi enze umsebenzi Wakhe kaNkulunkulu, angaphinde aveze isimo sikaNkulunkulu siqu nakho konke anakho futhi nayikho. Njengoba nje eNkathini Yomusa, iNkosi uJesu yaveza amaqiniso amaningi, yabonisa isimo ikakhulukazi sesihe nothando, futhi yaphetha umsebenzi wokuhlenga isintu sonke, emsebenzini weNkosi uJesu, amazwi nesimo asichaza, singaqiniseka ukuthi uJesu Kristu uyiqiniso, indlela, nokuphila futhi unguNkulunkulu uqobo Lwakhe osesimweni somuntu. Lokhu kusivumela ukuba sibone ukuthi yilowo kuphela okwazi ukuveza amaqiniso futhi enze umsebenzi kaNkulunkulu wokwahlulela wezinsuku zokugcina ongukubonakaliswa kukaKristu ezinsukwini zokugcina. Manje uNkulunkulu uSomandla ufikile futhi wabonisa wonke amaqiniso ahlanza futhi asindise umuntu futhi wenze umsebenzi wezinsuku zokugcina wokwahlulela nokusola abantu. Amazwi kaNkulunkulu uSomandla ambula isimo sangempela, isimo semvelo nengqikithi yesintu esikhohlakaliswa nguSathane futhi atshele abantu zonke izingxenye zeqiniso njengokuthi usindiso luyini, yiziphi izinguquko ezenzekayo nokuthi yiziphi izindlela eziguqukayo esimweni, kanye nesiphetho sesintu nokuthi sizoba yini isiphetho sazo zonke izinhlobo zabantu. Ngaphezu kwalokho, uNkulunkulu uSomandla wembule imfihlakalo yohlelo lukaNkulunkulu lokuphatha lweminyaka eyizinkulungwane eziyisithupha kanye nemfihlakalo yokuba sesimweni somuntu kukaNkulunkulu, futhi wabonisa isimo sikaNkulunkulu sokuqala, ingqikithi, nakho konke anakho futhi nayikho. Inqobo uma sifunda amazwi kaNkulunkulu ngenkuthalo, sizokwazi ukubona ukuthi amazwi akhulunywe nguNkulunkulu uSomandla ayiphimbo likaMoya oNgcwele, indlela kaNkulunkulu yokwahlulela ezinsukwini zokugcina. Umsebenzi kaNkulunkulu uSomandla wezinsuku zokugcina ugcwalise iziphrofetho eziseBhayibhelini, njengokuthi, ‘Isikhathi sokuqala kwesahlulelo endlini kaNkulunkulu’ (1 Petru 4:17). ‘uma esefikile yena, uMoya weqiniso, uzoniholela kulo lonke iqiniso’ (Johane 16:12-13). Futhi ‘Lowo ongalayo, futhi angamukeli amazwi ami, unalowo omehlulelayo: izwi engilikhulumile, yilo eliyomahlulela osukwini lokugcina’ (Joh 12:48). Amaqiniso uNkulunkulu uSomandla awakhulumile, umsebenzi wokwahlulela, ukusola nokuhlanza abantu awenzile kanye nesimo sokulunga uNkulunkulu uSomandla asivezile siqinisekise ngokugcwele ukuthi uKristu uyiqiniso, indlela nokuphila nokuthi uNkulunkulu uSomandla ungukubonakaliswa kukaKristu ezinsukwini zokugcina. Kodwa oKristu bamanga abanayo ingqikithi kaNkulunkulu. Abaningi babo babanjwe yimimoya emibi noma banokuzithwala okukhulu, amadimoni angenangqondo nemimoya emibi engakwazi ukuveza amaqiniso okondla abantu noma ukwenza umsebenzi wokwahlulela ukuze bahlanze abantu. Bangakhohlisa nje kuphela labo bantu abayiziwula, abangazi, abadidekile abafuna isinkwa ukuze banelise indlala ngokwenza izenzo ezilula nezimangaliso ezingatheni. Ngakho-ke, kulula kakhulu ukuba sikwazi ukuhlukanisa phakathi kukaKristu wangempela kanye noKristu bamanga ngalesi simiso sodwa nje: ‘UKristu uyiqiniso, indlela nokuphila,’ which is completely in accordance with God’s intentions.”

Ngenkathi ngilalele ukuhlanganyela kukadadewethu, ngazithola ngicabanga ngithi: Sengikholwe eNkosini iminyaka eminingi kangaka kepha angikaze ngikuzwe lokhu ngaphambili. Namuhla amazwi kaNkulunkulu uSomandla akhulume ngokuhlukanisa phakathi kukaKristu weqiniso noKristu bamanga ngokuphelele kangaka, kubonakala sengathi izwi likaNkulunkulu uSomandla ngempela lingaba yizwi likaMoya oNgcwele. Nkosi! Bengihlala ngilinde ukubuya Kwakho, kodwa kule minyaka edlule bengilokhu ngiqaphe oKristu bamanga futhi ngingenaso isineke sokufuna. Angikaze ngifunde ngokubuya Kwakho uzokwenza umsebenzi wokwahlulela kwezinsuku zokugcina njengoba iBandla LikaNkulunkulu USomandla lifakazile kodwa mina ngamelana nalo futhi ngalilahla. Nkosi, ingabe ngempela ngikuvalelele ngaphandle? Ngicabanga ngalokhu, inhliziyo yami yaqhaqhazela futhi ngazizwa nginovalo futhi angabe ngisakwazi ukuhlala ngithule, ngakho ngavuka ngaya ekhishini ngashaya sengathi ngithela emanzi engilazini, ngizama ukwehlisa umoya kancane. Ngesikhathi ngithela amanzi, ngacabanga ngathi: Udadewethuwethu lo omncane usemusha kakhulu, kodwa ukuhlanganyela kwakhe iqiniso kungokoqobo. Abafowethu nodadewethu bebandla laseShandong nabo sebeqhubekela phambili ngokushesha emuva kokwamukela umsebenzi kaNkulunkulu uSomandla. Ukwamukela kwabo iBhayibheli nokwazi umsebenzi kaNkulunkulu kube kukhulu kunokwami. Le ndlela ingenza abantu baqonde iqiniso futhi benze abantu babe nolwazi ngomsebenzi kaNkulunkulu. Ingabe lo akuwona umsebenzi kaNkulunkulu? Ngicabanga ngalokhu, ngazizwa ngijabule futhi ngizisola. Ngakhumbula izimo zami lapho ngabhala khona incwadi ngibhalela abafowethu nodadewethu baseShandong. Ngokuklwebha nje okukodwa ngepeni ngafundisa abafowethu nodadewethu isifundo ngezwi elithukuthele nangendlela yami ngokubuya kweNkosi, angigcinanga nje ngokungafuni iqiniso futhi ngamukele ukuhlanganyela kwabafowethu nodadewethu, kodwa kunalokho ngakuphika futhi ngakwenqaba futhi ngazibheka njengenkosi yeqiniso, ngiphoqa abafowethu nodadewethu ukuba bonke balalele mina. Ngaphinde ngacabanga nokuthi ngangenze umsebenzi omkhulu ngavikela indlela yangempela. Ngangingacabangi ukuthi ngangimelana noNkulunkulu. Ngakho-ke ingabe angiyena umFarisi wezinsuku zanamuhla? Ngalesi sikhathi, ngangizizwa sengathi ngifakwe ngacwila emanzini abandayo kusuka ekhanda kuya ezinyaweni futhi ngazizwa nginkenkethelwa futhi ngibuthakathaka emzimbeni wonke. Zombili izandla zami zaqhaqhazela ngokungalawuleki futhi ngaqhubeka ngilokhu ngibuyisa leziya zenzo zami zokunqaba uNkulunkulu engqondweni yami.... Angibange ngisakwazi ukuzibamba ngakhala ngokungalawuleki. Ngangizizonda ngenxa yokuzithwala ngokwedlulele nobumpumputhe obedlulele bami. Emuva kwesikhathi, ngasula izinyembezi zami ngathatha amanzi ngaya egumbini lelo. Udadewethu omncane wangibuka wase ebuza ngokukhathazeka: "Dadewethu, uzokwazi ukwamukela ukuhlanganyela kwethu ukulesi simo?" Ngaphefumulela phezulu nangokuzimisela ngathi: "Emuva kokulalela amazwi kaNkulunkulu uSomandla kanye nokuhlanganyela kwakho njengamanje, ngizwa ukuthi uNkulunkulu uSomandla yiNkosi uJesu ebuyile. Bengilokhu ngilangazelele ukubuya kweNkosi nsuku zonke kodwa bengingalindele ukuthi manje iNkosi ibuyile, engempela ngiyidlalile indima yabaFarisi. Ngenze ububi obukhulu! Ngimelane noNkulunkulu ..." Ngalesi sikhathi, ngangikhala kakhulu ngendlela yokuthi ngangingasakwazi nokukhuluma.

Kamuva, emuva kwesikhathi sokufunda izwi likaNkulunkulu uSomandla, uDadewethu uZhang, umamezala wami, umyeni wami nami sase senelisekile ngokuphelele ukuthi uNkulunkulu uSomandla waweyiNkosi uJesu ebuyile. Ngangijabule ngendlela engajwayelekile kangangokuthi ngathumela abafowethu nodadewethu baseShandong incwadi yesihlanu: "Bafowethu nodadewethu abathandekayo! Makabongwe uNkulunkulu ngokuthi ngokushumayela kwenu kimi ivangeli likaNkulunkulu lombuso izikhathi eziningi, manje sengiwamukele umsebenzi kaNkulunkulu uSomandla wezinsuku zokugcina futhi sengiyilungu leBandla LikaNkulunkulu USomandla. Nakuba ngamukela kamuva kunani, angifuni ukusala ngemuva futhi ngizozikhuthaza ukuze nginifice..." Ngalesi sikhathi, inhliziyo yami yabonakala sengathi indizele emuva eShandong ngencwadi ukuze sibe munye nabafowethu nodadewethu lapho. Makabongwe uNkulunkulu ngothando Lwakhe!

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Italiens Innenminister Matteo Salvini droht Schlepper-„Nichtregierungsorganisationen“ (NGOs), die ohne Genehmigung in italienische Hoheitsgewässer eindringen, mit Geldstrafen von bis zu 50.000 Euro. Salvini erhöht so den Druck, um das Ertrinken von Menschen im Mittelmeer zu beenden. Im Zuge dieser Maßnahmen steht Pia Klemp (36), Deutschlands bekannteste Schlepperin, in Italien vor Gericht. Ihr drohen bis zu 20 […] http://dlvr.it/R6b96V

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Obžaloba, rozsudek a trest v jednom. Petr Žantovský je ve varu z hanopisu na Schneidera, který sepsala „novinářská nula“ od Šafra

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Journalism schools tell students to branch out, hustle

As the journalism industry changes, what are professors telling students about their job prospects? To look for work outside the news business, find researchers.

Researchers say they conducted the study, which appears in Social Forces, in response to the massive transformations taking place in journalism, particularly in the field’s labor market.

“The post-Watergate media era where you would work for a local paper or TV station and work your way up to retirement with a nice pension is behind us,” says Max Besbris, an assistant professor of sociology at Rice University.

“Now, papers are shutting down, news outlets are consolidating, and information is widely available on the internet. We wanted to see how these drastic changes in media and media consumption over the past 20 years were impacting journalism education.”

Journalism students beware

Besbris and coauthor Caitlin Petre, an assistant professor of journalism and media studies at Rutgers University, conducted in-depth interviews with 113 faculty, staff, and administrators from 44 US journalism programs that varied in size, prestige, location, and other factors.

The authors argue that journalism schools have sought to reframe the industry’s unstable labor market as an inevitable and even desirable part of the business and its professional identity.

“Professional schools in general seem to be a means by which we can get a good career,” Besbris says. “A medical degree is a pretty clear path, as is the path of a social worker or engineer.

“However, journalism is a less defined profession and you don’t need a license to practice. That’s an interesting aspect of this case. Master’s degrees are on the rise but more of them—including journalism degrees—don’t necessarily offer a clear path to a secure career.”

Time to hustle?

Indeed, the authors found that journalism educators are “very aware” and sensitive to changes in the industry. The majority interviewed said they accept the changes in the field as a reality and see no way of returning to old models. They also agreed that students must move away from thinking about journalism as a coherent career path and instead must accept the precarious nature of their jobs.

“They’re telling their students that they don’t have to, in fact shouldn’t, go work for traditional news organizations—they can do temporary, contract, or freelance work, or work for non-news corporations, the government, NGOs (nongovernmental organizations), or almost any other place,” Besbris says.

“For a long time journalism had been trying to cultivate the difference between journalism and PR (public relations), so it was really interesting to see this change in thinking, and hear individuals say that students should prepare to work as journalists in non-news organizations.”

“Many of these J-school professors are telling students to learn to hustle, be game for anything, and even to celebrate the precariousness of the labor market.”

Most of the educators they interviewed stressed that students should be “as entrepreneurial as possible” and be willing to start their own businesses or websites, Besbris says. They encouraged students to not only become good writers or photojournalists, but also develop the skills to do just about anything including writing, editing, recording, and designing.

“Many of these J-school professors are telling students to learn to hustle, be game for anything and even to celebrate the precariousness of the labor market,” Besbris says.

Pushback

To be sure, there’s pushback from some instructors, Besbris says. Some of those interviewed were “very upset” about the changes taking place in their schools and within the industry. However, those people—who were mostly PhDs with little or distant experience in the field—made up a small minority.

The researchers say they hope the study will illuminate how professional schools writ large are adjusting to labor market instability in the fields for which they’re training students.

The Institute for Public Knowledge at New York University and the Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism at the City University of New York funded the work.

Source: Rice University

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Über 9,6 Millionen Euro für Anti-AfD-Propaganda von Soros-Gruppen 2019

Über 9,6 Millionen Euro für Anti-AfD-Propaganda von Soros-Gruppen 2019

Die Bundesregierung gibt 2019 über 9,6 Millionen Euro Steuergelder für Medienlobbyisten aus, die sich einseitig gegen die AfD wenden und den Open Society Foundations nahestehen. Bereits 2018 hatte die AfD in einer Anfrage des MdB Petr Bystron herausgefunden, dass die Bundesregierung 2017-2018 über 3,6 Millionen Euro Steuergelder für Soros-NGOs ausgegeben hat. Die Bundesregierung ist in ihrer…

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