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Press Release – Defence Fund

11.20.2009

For Immediate Release

The movement ‘Citizens in Defence of Rights and Freedoms – Project Justice Gonçalo Amaral’ formally announces the creation of a defence fund by means of a solidarity account to support citizen Gonçalo Amaral, who has been deprived of his civil right to free expression.

Freedom of expression is an inalienable constitutional right, for which the Portuguese people have fought hard, and that cannot be placed at stake, namely when it is exercised with responsibility and with civility.

Citizen Gonçalo Amaral presently finds himself in the front line of a struggle for freedom of expression. An unequal struggle, in which the parties have access to disparate financial resources – citizen Gonçalo Amaral is forced to exhaust all and any personal resources that he may possess, and which are manifestly insufficient to meet the expenses that are inherent to his defence.

His opponents, who are well aware of this limitation, and who are financed by third parties to place considerable resources at their disposal, risk little or nothing, and gamble everything to silence the former Judiciary Police coordinator.

Gonçalo Amaral desires nothing more than to see this matter duly clarified in a court of law, which is the only place where the material truth of facts can, and should, be established. And we, Portuguese citizens, will do anything to see that happen.

Both parties must have equal access to Justice, and to adequate legal representation. In this particular case, we see a need to create a legal defence fund, in order to ensure that citizen Gonçalo Amaral is given access to said equality.

Therefore, the citizens who wish to show their solidarity with this cause, may contribute with their support through a bank account at Banco Português de Investimento (BPI) with NIB: 0010 0000 438 0385 000 1 62; IBAN: PT 50 0010 0000 438 0385 000 1 62; Swift: BB PI PT PL.

The ‘Project Justice Gonçalo Amaral’ blog – www.pjga.blogspot.com – offers the possibility to donate using the PayPal system.

This action is subject to principles of full transparency and seriousness.

For equal Justice for all, in respect of civil rights and duties of Portuguese and European citizens.

For Truth and for Freedom.



For further information please contact Mr. Luís Arriaga on +351 92 501 19 69, or use the email projectojustica@gmail.com

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Press Release – Fundo de Defesa

11.20.2009

Para divulgação imediata

O movimento ‘Cidadãos pela Defesa dos Direitos e Liberdades - Projecto Justiça Gonçalo Amaral’ anuncia formalmente a criação de um fundo de defesa através de uma conta de solidariedade para apoio ao cidadão Gonçalo Amaral, privado do seu direito cívico de livre expressão.

A liberdade de expressão é um direito constitucional inalienável, pelo qual o povo português lutou arduamente e que não pode ser posto em causa, nomeadamente quando exercido com responsabilidade e respeitando a lei.

O cidadão Gonçalo Amaral encontra-se presentemente na primeira linha da luta pelo direito de expressão. Uma luta desigual, em que as partes dispõem de recursos financeiros díspares – o cidadão Gonçalo Amaral vê-se forçado a esgotar todos e quaisquer recursos pessoais de que possa dispor, e que são manifestamente insuficientes para fazer frente às despesas inerentes à sua defesa.

Os seus opositores, cientes desta limitação, e financiados por terceiros que colocam à sua disposição avultadas quantias, pouco ou nada arriscam, e tudo jogam para silenciar o antigo coordenador da Polícia Judiciária.

Gonçalo Amaral nada mais deseja do que ver este assunto devidamente esclarecido em tribunal, o único local onde a verdade material dos factos pode, e deve, ser apurada. E nós, cidadãos portugueses, tudo faremos para que tal possa ocorrer.

Ambas as partes devem ter igual acesso à Justiça, e a representação legal adequada. Neste caso em particular, afigura-se-nos necessário o estabelecimento de um fundo de defesa legal para assegurar que o cidadão Gonçalo Amaral tenha acesso a essa igualdade.

Assim sendo, os cidadãos que se queiram solidarizar com esta causa, poderão contribuir com o seu apoio através de uma conta bancária sedeada no Banco Português de Investimento (BPI) com o NIB: 0010 0000 438 0385 000 1 62; IBAN: PT 50 0010 0000 438 0385 000 1 62; Swift: BB PI PT PL.

No blog ‘Projecto Justiça Gonçalo Amaral’ – www.pjga.blogspot.com -, poderão ser efectuados donativos através do sistema PayPal.

Esta acção encontra-se sujeita a princípios de total transparência e seriedade.

Por uma Justiça igual para todos, no respeito pelos direitos e deveres cívicos dos cidadãos Portugueses e Europeus.

Pela Verdade e pela Liberdade.



Para esclarecimentos adicionais contacte Dr. Luís Arriaga, através do 351 92 501 19 69 ou através do email projectojustica@gmail.com

Ajuda/ Help

Manifesto

No dia 9 de Setembro de 2009, Portugal tomou conhecimento, através da comunicação social, de uma ocorrência gravíssima neste país que tanto lutou pela Democracia: um acto de censura contra um livro.

O livro “Maddie: A Verdade da Mentira” foi sujeito a uma providência cautelar que visou, não apenas a suspensão da venda do livro e do DVD baseado na obra, mas também de toda e qualquer divulgação da tese veiculada pelo Dr. Gonçalo Amaral, autor do livro e ex-coordenador da Polícia Judiciária, sobre o caso ‘Madeleine McCann’.

Com este acto, bania-se não apenas a obra escrita, mas todo um pensamento: a expressão de uma opinião, baseada em factos de uma investigação policial; uma conclusão racional, responsável e adulta.

No entanto, tal providência cautelar era apenas a ponta de um icebergue. Na acção principal a que se refere, os pais de Madeleine visam extorquir ao Dr. Gonçalo Amaral a soma de 1.2 milhões de euros – um valor astronómico e fora de qualquer proporção, seja legal, seja ético.

Uma segunda providência cautelar viria ainda apreender bens e vencimentos ao requerido, manietando a sua capacidade de resposta em termos financeiros, uma vez que as custas judiciais e de processo se encontram indexadas ao valor exigido na acção principal. Desta forma, sem capacidade de livre expressão e economicamente asfixiado, completa-se o cerco a um Homem que tem procurado, com elevado custo pessoal e familiar, única e exclusivamente a reabertura de um processo judicial, para que se possa concluir uma investigação que muitos consideram ter ficado aquém das suas potencialidades.

O Dr. Gonçalo Amaral não pode falar. Mas nós, Cidadãos Portugueses, podemos falar por ele.

Podemos falar, e podemos agir.

Agir na defesa da liberdade de expressão, direito constitucional que entendemos inalienável, sobretudo quando é exercido de forma responsável e madura.

Agir no apoio a quem se vê privado de meios para se defender legalmente, na sequência de manobras deliberadas por parte de quem visa a sua destruição, pessoal e profissional.

Agir porque hoje a vítima da mordaça da censura é o Dr. Gonçalo Amaral – amanhã poderá ser qualquer um de nós.

Este Projecto visa a acção e o apoio a quem procura Justiça. Os Cidadãos que dão início a este movimento, associam-se de forma livre, independente e apolítica, unidos na defesa da liberdade de expressão e no respeito mútuo.

A nossa primeira acção é o lançamento de uma petição; outras iniciativas se seguirão.

Pelo exercício de uma cidadania livre, firme e responsável, não nos calaremos. Junte-se a nós!

Leia Mais aqui , e assine a Petição!

Ajude-nos a passar a palavra.

Siga os updates e partilhe-os no Twitter ou no Facebook.

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Manifesto

On the 9th of September, 2009, Portugal and the World learned, through the media, about an extremely serious occurrence in this country that fought so hard for Democracy: an act of censorship against a book.

The book “Maddie: A Verdade da Mentira” was subject to an injunction that sought not only the suspension of sales of the book and the DVD that was based on it, but also of any and all divulgation of the thesis that is defended by Dr. Gonçalo Amaral, author of the book and former Judiciary Police coordinator, about the ‘Madeleine McCann’ case.

Through this action, a ban was imposed not merely on the written work, but on an entire line of thought: the expression of an opinion, based on the facts of a police investigation; a rational, responsible, mature decision.

Nonetheless, said injunction was merely the tip of an iceberg. In the main action that it refers to, Madeleine’s parents seek to extort the sum of 1.2 million Euros from Dr. Gonçalo Amaral – an astronomical amount that is out of any proportion, both legal, and ethical.

A second injunction succeeded in apprehending belongings and professional income from the defendant, stifling his capacity to respond in financial terms, given the fact that judicial and process costs are indexed to the value that is demanded through the main action. In this manner, stripped of his freedom of expression and economically asphyxiated, the siege on a Man who, at huge personal and family cost, seeks nothing more than the reopening of a judicial process, in order to conclude an investigation that so many consider has been cut off halfway through, closes in.

Dr. Gonçalo Amaral cannot speak. But we, Citizens of the World, can speak for him.

We can speak, and we can act.

We can act to defend freedom of expression, a constitutional right that we see as inalienable, mainly when it is exercised in a responsible, mature manner.

We can act to support a Man who is deprived of the means to legally defend himself, following deliberate manoeuvres from those who seek his personal and professional destruction.

We can act because today, the victim of censorship’s gag is Dr. Gonçalo Amaral – tomorrow it can be any one of us.

This Project seeks action and support for a Man who wants Justice. The Citizens that initiate this movement associate in a free, independent and apolitical form, united in the defence of freedom of expression, and in mutual respect.

Our first action is the launch of a petition; other initiatives will follow.

For the exercise of free, firm and responsible citizenship, we will not be silenced.
Join us!

Read more here, and sign the Petition.

Help us spread the word.

Follow the updates and share them at Twitter or in Facebook.


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http://joana-morais.blogspot.com/2009/11/cidadaos-pela-defesa-dos-direitos-e.html

http://joana-morais.blogspot.com/2009/11/citizens-in-defence-of-rights-and.html

A real JOURNALIST

http://joana-morais.blogspot.com/2009/11/sandra-felgueiras-interviews-mccann.html

http://blip.tv/file/2813972

http://tv1.rtp.pt/programas-rtp/index.php?p_id=1871&e_id=511&c_id=1&dif=tv

I hope all the pathetic wimps in the UK who have the nerve of calling themselves journalists without bursting out laughing watch this, learn what a JOURNALIST is and grow some damn balls.

Splinters

American book about Maddie's disappearance defends Gonçalo Amaral's theory


The theory that Madeleine McCann was not abducted will again be printed on the pages of a book, this time authored by Brian Johnson. Written in English, “Faked Abduction” defends that the abduction theory was built to conceal what the book alleges to be the truth about what happened to Madeleine. The publishing is programmed for the internet and for the North American market before Christmas and is a response to the prohibition of Gonçalo Amaral’s book, “Madeleine, The Truth About The Lie”

by Rita Jordão

In a statement to SIC, one of the persons responsible for the book’s publication and the author of the truthformadeleine.com website stated that he had been in negotiations with the former PJ inspector to publish the book on North American soil. “The negotiations were cancelled after the Portuguese judge’s decision, so we decided to write a book in English, which is factual and non speculative”, defended the person known as Stevo.

According to the same source, the title “Faked Abduction is the conclusion of deep investigative work. The document also includes countless excerpts from the files of the investigation that was carried out by the PJ, and is already being translated into German for possible international publication.

According to the author, the book “illustrates the various witnesses’ inconsistencies, the constant changes in the versions and the lack of cooperation from the McCanns and their friends, known as the Tapas 7, with the police”. “The McCanns have tried to prevent people from publishing the truth about the case (…) after reading the book, you decide for yourselves if this was a Faked Abduction or not”, says Brian Johnson in the text that introduces “Faked Abduction”.

Kate and Gerry McCann’s spokesperson stated that he had no knowledge about the book, yet asserted that any attempt to defame will face justice.


source: SIC, 29.10.2009

http://joana-morais.blogspot.com/2009/10/american-book-about-maddies.html

Naughty, naughty Sunday Express

Satellite Clue to Maddie Kidnap

By James Murray

Home Secretary Alan Johnson is prepared to ask US spy chiefs for satellite images which may show the face of Madeleine McCann’s kidnapper, following intervention by the Sunday Express.

Hope of new progress came after it emerged Leicestershire Police never made a formal request to the Home Office for views of Praia da Luz on Portugal’s Algarve at the time the little girl vanished in May 2007.

The quality of pictures taken by satellites in space is now so good they can reputedly identify the colour of someone’s eyes.

Last night a senior source with the Portuguese police said: “We know US spy satellites regularly sweep over Portugal looking at military installations and government facilities.

“So we thought they might actually have images of Praia da Luz on the day of the kidnapping and the preceding days.

“We hoped spy images may have captured the kidnapper watching the apartment prior to the event or even on the day itself. Obviously, having a picture would have speeded up the apprehension of the offender.”

Yet more than two years after Madeleine was snatched no help has been forthcoming, despite early requests from senior Portuguese detectives.

The Portuguese source explained: “This was fully discussed with Leicestershire Police and officials with the British Government.

“We were confident of getting progress because of Gordon Brown’s interest in the case and this apparent special relationship between Britain and the United States.

“Your ambassador to Portugal even visited our officers soon after the kidnap.

“The bad news for us is that we got nowhere with this avenue of inquiry, which was both frustrating and infuriating.”

For, despite all the talk, nothing appears to have been done officially with the British government and the formal requests were never made.

Last night a spokesman for Mr Johnson said extensive checks within the security intelligence community had failed to discover any formal request ever having come to them through Leicestershire Police from Portugal.

However, he said that if a request were now made Mr Johnson would see whether he could offer any assistance in trying to persuade the Americans to become co-operative.

The issue appears so sensitive that Prime Minister Mr Brown may have to speak directly to US President Barack Obama in order to achieve co-operation.

The Sunday Express sought explanations for the extraordinary situation from the US government’s ultra- secretive National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.

The agency’s lawyers are now considering a Freedom of Information request from the Sunday Express.

A spokesman for the agency said: “NGA does not provide imagery to private citizens or private companies. For reasons of national security we do not discuss specifics about what images we have or our capabilities.”

Private investigators working for parents Kate and Gerry McCann, who live in Rothley, Leicestershire, have also tried to access US satellite images, but with no success.


source: Sunday Express, 18.10.2009

By James Murray

Home Secretary Alan Johnson is prepared to ask US spy chiefs for satellite images which may show the face of Madeleine McCann’s kidnapper, following intervention by the Sunday Express.

Hope of new progress came after it emerged Leicestershire Police never made a formal request to the Home Office for views of Praia da Luz on Portugal’s Algarve at the time the little girl vanished in May 2007.

The quality of pictures taken by satellites in space is now so good they can reputedly identify the colour of someone’s eyes.

Last night a senior source with the Portuguese police said: “We know US spy satellites regularly sweep over Portugal looking at military installations and government facilities.

“So we thought they might actually have images of Praia da Luz on the day of the kidnapping and the preceding days.

“We hoped spy images may have captured the kidnapper watching the apartment prior to the event or even on the day itself. Obviously, having a picture would have speeded up the apprehension of the offender.”

Yet more than two years after Madeleine was snatched no help has been forthcoming, despite early requests from senior Portuguese detectives.

The Portuguese source explained: “This was fully discussed with Leicestershire Police and officials with the British Government.

“We were confident of getting progress because of Gordon Brown’s interest in the case and this apparent special relationship between Britain and the United States.

“Your ambassador to Portugal even visited our officers soon after the kidnap.

“The bad news for us is that we got nowhere with this avenue of inquiry, which was both frustrating and infuriating.”

For, despite all the talk, nothing appears to have been done officially with the British government and the formal requests were never made.

Last night a spokesman for Mr Johnson said extensive checks within the security intelligence community had failed to discover any formal request ever having come to them through Leicestershire Police from Portugal.

However, he said that if a request were now made Mr Johnson would see whether he could offer any assistance in trying to persuade the Americans to become co-operative.

The issue appears so sensitive that Prime Minister Mr Brown may have to speak directly to US President Barack Obama in order to achieve co-operation.

The Sunday Express sought explanations for the extraordinary situation from the US government’s ultra- secretive National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.

The agency’s lawyers are now considering a Freedom of Information request from the Sunday Express.

A spokesman for the agency said: “NGA does not provide imagery to private citizens or private companies. For reasons of national security we do not discuss specifics about what images we have or our capabilities.”

Private investigators working for parents Kate and Gerry McCann, who live in Rothley, Leicestershire, have also tried to access US satellite images, but with no success.


source: Sunday Express, 18.10.2009

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By James Murray

Home Secretary Alan Johnson is prepared to ask US spy chiefs for satellite images which may show the face of Madeleine McCann’s kidnapper, following intervention by the Sunday Express.

Hope of new progress came after it emerged Leicestershire Police never made a formal request to the Home Office for views of Praia da Luz on Portugal’s Algarve at the time the little girl vanished in May 2007.

The quality of pictures taken by satellites in space is now so good they can reputedly identify the colour of someone’s eyes.

Last night a senior source with the Portuguese police said: “We know US spy satellites regularly sweep over Portugal looking at military installations and government facilities.

“So we thought they might actually have images of Praia da Luz on the day of the kidnapping and the preceding days.

“We hoped spy images may have captured the kidnapper watching the apartment prior to the event or even on the day itself. Obviously, having a picture would have speeded up the apprehension of the offender.”

Yet more than two years after Madeleine was snatched no help has been forthcoming, despite early requests from senior Portuguese detectives.

The Portuguese source explained: “This was fully discussed with Leicestershire Police and officials with the British Government.

“We were confident of getting progress because of Gordon Brown’s interest in the case and this apparent special relationship between Britain and the United States.

“Your ambassador to Portugal even visited our officers soon after the kidnap.

“The bad news for us is that we got nowhere with this avenue of inquiry, which was both frustrating and infuriating.”

For, despite all the talk, nothing appears to have been done officially with the British government and the formal requests were never made.

Last night a spokesman for Mr Johnson said extensive checks within the security intelligence community had failed to discover any formal request ever having come to them through Leicestershire Police from Portugal.

However, he said that if a request were now made Mr Johnson would see whether he could offer any assistance in trying to persuade the Americans to become co-operative.

The issue appears so sensitive that Prime Minister Mr Brown may have to speak directly to US President Barack Obama in order to achieve co-operation.

The Sunday Express sought explanations for the extraordinary situation from the US government’s ultra- secretive National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.

The agency’s lawyers are now considering a Freedom of Information request from the Sunday Express.

A spokesman for the agency said: “NGA does not provide imagery to private citizens or private companies. For reasons of national security we do not discuss specifics about what images we have or our capabilities.”

Private investigators working for parents Kate and Gerry McCann, who live in Rothley, Leicestershire, have also tried to access US satellite images, but with no success.


source: Sunday Express, 18.10.2009

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Hmmm...

Clarence Mitchell standing for election as an MP?


Shadow culture secretary Jeremy Hunt's appeal for more Conservatives to be employed by BBC News could be about to be granted – except in reverse. Clarence Mitchell, the former BBC journalist turned spokesman for Kate and Gerry McCann, is planning to stand as a Tory MP in the next general election. Mitchell, who quit the corporation to head up the media monitoring unit at the government's Central Office of Information, will face a selection board early next month. He already knows the party's director of communications, Andy Coulson, rather well – from Coulson's time as editor of the News of the World.

in the Guardian


http://joana-morais.blogspot.com/2009/10/clarence-mitchell-standing-for-election.html

Shadow culture secretary Jeremy Hunt's appeal for more Conservatives to be employed by BBC News could be about to be granted – except in reverse. Clarence Mitchell, the former BBC journalist turned spokesman for Kate and Gerry McCann, is planning to stand as a Tory MP in the next general election. Mitchell, who quit the corporation to head up the media monitoring unit at the government's Central Office of Information, will face a selection board early next month. He already knows the party's director of communications, Andy Coulson, rather well – from Coulson's time as editor of the News of the World.

in the Guardian

Read more: http://joana-morais.blogspot.com/#ixzz0Tir64aNg
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Lawyer jokes :-)

Why won't sharks attack lawyers? Professional courtesy.		What do you call a lawyer who's gone bad? Senator.
What did the lawyer name his daughter? Sue.		What do you get when you cross a lawyer with a demon from hell? Another lawyer.
How many lawyer jokes are there? Only three. The rest are true stories.		What are lawyers good for? They make used car salesmen look good.
What is the difference between yogurt and the American Bar Association? Yogurt has culture.		What do you call a lawyer with an IQ of 50? Your Honor.
What's the only disadvantage to using lawyers instead of rats in laboratory experiments? It's harder to extrapolate the test results to human beings.		Why are laboratory scientists switching from rats to lawyers for their experiments? 1. Lawyers are more plentiful than rats; 2. The lab technicians don't get as attached to the lawyers, and 3. There are some things a rat just won't do.
What happens to a lawyer who is thrown out of a saloon? He was disbarred.		What do you get when you cross the Godfather with a lawyer? An offer you can't understand.
Hear about the terrorist that hijacked a 747 full of lawyers? He threatened to release one every hour if his demands weren't met.		What's the difference between a dead skunk in the road and a dead lawyer in the road? There are skid marks in front of the skunk.
What's the other difference between a lawyer and a vulture? Vultures wait 'till you're dead to rip your heart out.		How do you know when your divorce is getting ugly? When your lawyer doesn't seem like a bloodsucking leech anymore.
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What's the difference between a female lawyer and a pit bull? Lipstick.		What's the other difference between a lawyer and a prostitute? Clothes.
What is the difference between a dead lawyer and a squished skunk in the road? The vultures will eat the skunk.		What's the difference between a lawyer and a prostitute? A prostitute will stop screwing you when you're dead.