Two journalists were beaten - but alternative media remains silent. Two Swedish journalists tried to do their job. It ended in chaos. Yet surprisingly few seem to care when press freedom is openly attacked by representatives of the state.
Frihetsnytts two reporters on site in Helsingborg, Tor-Björn Richthoff Änglasjö and Tyr Änglasjö, were unprovokedly assaulted and severely beaten by police officers during journalistic work, representing a newspaper with a publishing license. The incident is brutal, shocking and completely unacceptable in a country that claims to uphold press freedom and democracy.
Freedom News will take legal action against this open attack on the constitutionally protected freedom of the press. But it will take time and resources to enforce. A fundraising campaign is currently underway to make this possible and all support, large and small, is gratefully received through this page.
Speaking silence
But perhaps the most remarkable thing is not the assault itself. But the silence afterwards.
Because where is the alternative media?
Where is SWEBBTV? Where is Fria Tider? Where is Samnytt? Where is Riks? Where are all the media that claim to stand on the side of free speech when journalists are attacked?
Silence.
Not a single large joint mobilization for press freedom. No strong condemnations. No big headlines about Swedish journalists being subjected to violence by government officials.
There is nothing.
Free speech apparently does not apply to everyone
The question now being asked by many is brutal but justified:
Does Sweden really have a free alternative media anymore?
Or has the alternative media sphere also become fearful, selective and politically cautious?
Because if journalists can be abused in the course of their work - and other free media still choose to look away - what does that really say about the state of the country?
Freedom News believes that it has been consistently subjected to economic and media isolation.
While major players are allowed to continue using payment solutions and social platforms without any problems, some media outlets have been systematically shut out.
For example, only a few nationalist or dissident actors have been denied Swish.
A question therefore emerges:
Are some voices simply too uncomfortable to be tolerated?
We stand for total freedom of expression
Freedom News is a medium that defends free speech regardless of who is speaking.
We refuse to censor people because of their opinions - on the contrary, we defend the principle that even uncomfortable voices must be heard in a democratic society.
But that's precisely why you become a target for the powers that be, who would rather silence than talk.
As large parts of both the establishment and the alternative media begin to adapt to economic pressures, social risks and political fears, the few who still refuse to compromise become increasingly isolated.
And when the attacks come?
Then the silence becomes deafening.
A question for all of Sweden
This is no longer just about Freedom News.
It is about something bigger.
If two journalists can be subjected to violence in the course of their work without attracting massive media attention - then it's not just an attack on a newsroom.
It is an attack on the very principle of a free society.
And the question now echoing through the alternative media world is simple:
Who still dares to defend freedom of expression when it really costs?
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After conversations with Germans, both people with memories of the Weimar Republic, the Third Reich, the GDR and the current FRG, I think I understand that National Socialism had positive aspects during the 1930s, when a social safety net was created, which was the model for the Swedish Social Democrats' (Per Albin's) construction of the People's Home. (Of course, S does not want to admit that today.) However, the German social program excluded the Jews. They were allowed to organize their own safety net through their congregations, if I heard correctly. This was before the outright oppression of Jews was underway. Other examples of what people consider to be the negative side of the NSDAP (National Socialist German Workers' Party) was the view that children born with disabilities should be killed. The reason would be to spare them suffering and an undignified life. Also to spare society unnecessary worries. (Compare with our prenatal diagnosis and the law on free abortion up to the 18th week of pregnancy!) If such examples are untrue, it is because my sources have misinformed me.
The NSDAP's division of us into superhumans and subhumans is well known. The Germans, the Aryans, stood at the top of the ladder and were the ”master race”. While Jews, for example, were trash. Nevertheless, it can be said that many of the most brilliant stars in science and art are Jews.
Jewish culture, by the way, seems to believe that it is the Jews, God's own people, who occupy the highest place on the scale. That is probably one of the reasons for the tension on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean.
Those of you who like National Socialism and know better may correct me.
The NSDAP was very much in favor of animal welfare , Farm animals should have a natural life before the animal became food. Throwing live lobsters into boiling water was not even a consideration. The lobster had to be killed first. A special hammer struck the head and killed the lobster before boiling.
When the Germans invaded part of France, it was discovered that the French kept geese in small cages and force-fed the animals to produce fatty livers for foie gras. Pictures were sent to the Chief in Berlin who was absolutely horrified and immediately gave orders that if you were going to breed geese, the animals must have pasture and the opportunity to swim. Otherwise you should not have geese. The Germans also did a lot of testing with biological cultivation and began to extract medicines from the plant kingdom, without chemicals. So everything NS was doing was not so bad.
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It is bad and weak that not all alternative media react to repressive oppression and unjustified violence against journalists by the police force.
Not standing up for a common cause like supporting ”Freedom of Speech” It concerns us all!
Something that all Swedes should engage with and react to.
”Freedom of expression” is not easy to achieve, but easy to lose.
I would have thought that DFS would have mentioned what happened. But not as far as I could see.
Perhaps the most remarkable thing is that the free media keep quiet. Most likely, it is because of fear of loss of editorial support, or that they are ”bought” by Israel, just like almost the entire US ruling class.
At least I think that's what it's about. For most people it's about money.....