UN report on Eritrean Gov. oppressive behavior towards its Citizens and its Systematic Evidence of Human Rights Violations!

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“Eritrea will wait three or four decades, maybe more, before it holds elections. Who knows?”President Isaias Afwerki

As you read the quotes from the UN Human Rights Council on Eritrea, the amount of paperwork and people involved in the report, there we’re alone 44,000 submissions and also interviews from the Eritrean diaspora in Europe and United States. Just as the report says: “the Commission received 44,267 submissions from 39 countries. Of these, 30,517 arrived by mail and 13,750 by email. The submissions were mostly in Tigrinya and English but a sizeable number were in Arabic” (UN HRC, P: 11, 2016). So there are lots of material and an edge to the evidence in the report, it is not hearsay when those amounts of people are describing certain situations and the state of affairs in a country. I will take out what I see as most interesting findings in this report. As I am sure I am not alone in discussing the findings.

Why the information came from the Diaspora and not inside Eritrea:

“The Commission recalls that it has repeatedly sought permission from the Government of Eritrea to visit the country. The Government of Eritrea has failed to respond despite calls by the Human Rights Council to cooperate with the Commission of Inquiry. The Commission was nonetheless able to interview Eritreans in 13 countries with significant Eritrean populations” (UN HRC, P: 13, 2016).

Financial transparency:

Eritrea is one of the least developed countries in the world, and most of the country’s economic enterprises are state controlled” (…)”As Eritrea does not publish a budget, it remains to be seen whether this substantial new income will be used to enhance implementation of social, economic and cultural rights in the country” (UN HRC, P: 17, 2016). “With respect to sources of Government income, the source added “that is a mystery. Money is deposited at the National Bank. The Ministry of Finance does not know where the money comes from. Only the President knows.” (UN HRC, P: 37, 2016). “For example, witnesses told the Commission that a bank account with 40 million USD in mining revenue had been opened in Qatar in the name of the Director of the PFDJ Economic Affairs department” (…)”Other information suggests that there may be private accounts belonging to the president or members of his inner circle in the United Arab Emirates, Iran, Cyprus, and /or China” (UN HRC, P: 38, 2016).

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Freedom of Speech and the independence of the Media:

On Freedom of Speech and Media: “…since the media is Government-owned, you clearly are not supposed to cover anti-government issues. If interviewees say something anti-governmental, you listen but do not use it in your broadcast. A lot of items you didn’t broadcast. At first the bosses told me not to use such material, and then there’s self-censorship.” (UN HCR, P: 34, 2016). “Restrictions on freedom of speech are not limited to just those physically in Eritrea. A witness in Ethiopia told the Commission that after he had participated in a demonstration in Addis Ababa in late June 2015 in support of the Commission’s first report, his mother was arrested in Eritrea” (UN HRC, P: 35, 2016).

On Religious Freedom:

Government control of authorised religious groups also persists. The Government of Eritrea continues to detain under house arrest Orthodox Patriarch Abune Antonio, who was arrested over ten years ago for calling for the release of political prisoners and failing to excommunicate church members opposed to the Government” (UN HCR, P: 30, 2016).

On future Elections:

President Isaias Afwerki has regularly expressed his disdain for what he refers to as “western-style” democracy. In a 2008 interview with Al Jazeera, for example, the President stated that “Eritrea will wait three or four decades, maybe more, before it holds elections. Who knows?” The Eritrean delegation to the 2014 Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review stated that national elections would not be held until “the threats to national security and sovereignty had been eliminated” (UN HRC, P: 19, 2016).

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Rule of Law:

“Although low level community courts exist, most Eritreans interviewed immediately dismissed any suggestion that they could file a complaint for a rights violation. There was a palpable resignation among people towards the endemic injustices in Eritrea, as well as a fear of re-victimisation. In the absence of a constitution, an independent judiciary, a national assembly, and other democratic institutions, the Commission has found no progress in establishing the rule of law” (UN HCR, P: 20, 2016). The Cost of freedom from detention: “Witnesses cited costs of avoiding imprisonment ranging from 50,000 Nakfa to 2,000, 000 Nakfa, as well as confiscation of property, including homes, suggesting that the assessment of “fines” may depend on the wealth of the family” (UN HRC; P: 40, 2016).

Military Service:

“On the issue of duration of military/national service, a witness who was conscripted in 2003 and remained in national service until he fled Eritrea in 2015 stated that: “…the national service is still for an indefinite period; in fact when I joined the national service I was never informed as to when I was going to be released from service. The Government has not announced that it will reduce the service period to 18 months; it is still indefinite and we are all very aware of this.” (UN HRC, P: 22, 2016). “According to an expert on Eritrea, those discharged from national service remain in the People’s Army or militia or “reserve army” after their discharge, and must be available at any time the Government chooses to call them. Thus, most cannot qualify for Eritrean exit visas, and those who opt to leave without such a visa remain liable for the crime of “desertion.” (UN HRC, P: 22, 2016).

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Using Military Service as a Working force for the state:

“According to one witness, “the Generals receive salaries, but also receive income from agriculture [and other commodities] that is not accounted for. Production costs are low because they use free conscript labour. This income is not disclosed to the Ministry of Defence. The President knows about this but does not interfere” (UN HRC, P: 41, 2016).

““Air Force planes are outdated and there is no proper maintenance. So, the Air Force has shifted to plantation activities. For example, there was a piece of land near the airport… [The Chief of the Air Force] took that land for plantations. [He] would bring almost three quarters of Air Force conscripts to work on the plantations, and the equipment used on the plantation comes from the Air Force and Ministry of Agriculture. It was very hot on the plantations. [Conscripts] were not paid any money for this work. They were told it is part of our duties. If they refused to work there, they would be sent to the [nearby detention facility].” (UN HRC, P: 23, 2016).

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Generals are handpicking woman who are on subscription to be their “Wife’s” and solitary responsibility to please the General: “One day, …a female soldier…from my unit was…assigned to General […] to prepare food and do cleaning; it was also made clear to her that she [was] supposed to please [the General] in bed whenever he wanted. […] She provided this service to [the General] for many years. [Three years after it started], she got pregnant [from] him and gave birth to a baby girl… She told me that she did not do this voluntarily but [because] she was afraid. She said she was not allowed to leave the house and sometimes she was locked up.” (UN HRC, P: 58, 2016). A former female trainee in Sawa, who described the situation of these young women stated that “[t]hey are their personal slave.” Another female military trainee reported a typical day to her friend: “Dreadful life starts in the morning: I prepare his breakfast, wash his clothes, prepare lunch, prepare coffee ceremony, prepare dinner, and then prepare to be ‘his wife’. I have had this life for the last six years.” And more from the Sawa: “We watched sexual abuses. Systematically, they forced girls to obey their instructions; to have a relationship with them. If she doesn’t obey, they find any kind of military punishment. It is commonly the [d]ivision leaders, the highest ranks who would do that. All people would go back to their [d]ivision at the end of the day. The leaders select girls personally. After six months, he would change her, take a newly arrived. The 11th grade students…have to pass their last year’s exam in Sawa. They take them. Once a woman is assigned to a General, they stay there [to] do office work, chores, etc. ‘there is no rule, no law.’ Sometimes when the girls see the car of the General approaching they hide. What if they become pregnant? […] When it happens, they make abortion traditionally. The girl doesn’t even want to let the colonel know. One of my best friends was a ‘personnel’ of the Colonel. He told me that the nick name used to get a girl is ‘goat’. Sometimes when newcomers arrive they asked assistants to bring new ones.” (UN HRC, P: 56-57).

Another said that “in 2014, there was military training. I was sick and even had papers certifying that I was sick. But they didn’t believe me and I was [detained] for six months without due process.” (UN HRC, P: 23, 2016).

What the Government says about the Military Service and their work:

“Indeed, Presidential Advisor Yemane Gebreab himself has stated that: “the challenge for us is to be able to find jobs, skills, training, and business opportunities for [conscripts] when they are released,”100 suggesting that prolonged military/national service is not, or is no longer, motivated primarily by national security concerns” (UN HRC, P: 24, 2016).

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Shoot-To-Kill Policy:

The Commission received credible evidence that a shoot-to-kill policy was issued and that it has not been rescinded. The writers denying the existence of a shoot-to-kill policy did not explain the basis on which they concluded that such a policy does not exist. Very few, for example, said that they had passed through a border without interference or without the assistance of smugglers. The Commission is aware that the policy has been implemented in a less rigorous manner in recent years” (UN HRC, P: 15, 2016). “An example of extrajudicial killing reportedly took place on 3 April 2016, as military/national service conscripts were being transported through the city centre of Asmara. When several conscripts tried to jump from the trucks, soldiers reportedly fired into the crowd, killing and injuring a considerable but unconfirmed number of conscripts and bystanders” (UN HRC, P: 32, 2016). A witness said this: ““In September 2015, the battalion commander told me if anyone attempts to cross the border to Ethiopia just shoot at them. He told us to shoot people down if we see them crossing. I couldn’t ask about this order because I would have been killed or jailed; I had to implement it. If you don’t implement it you won’t be seen again. I know 3 soldiers who spent 20 years in service. They told me I had to implement the order.” (UN HRC, P: 33, 2016).

This happen to some of fleeing Eritreans:

On May 22 2016, Sudan collectively expelled 313 Eritreans back to Eritrea. Another 129 were similarly sent back from Sudan several days earlier. According to UNHCR, the prior to the forcible returns, the Eritreans had been tried and convicted in Sudanese courts of “illegal entry” into Sudan. According to corroborated reports by unrelated witnesses, in the days prior to the expulsions, Eritrean authorities visited Eritreans in a Sudanese prison to register the identities of those to be returned. The witnesses also reported that upon arrival in Eritrea, the returnees were arrested and detained. They further indicated that those who were in the national service, prior to leaving the country, were detained at Adi Abeito prison on the outskirts of Asmara, and that those who had not yet undergone military training are currently detained elsewhere, including in Tessenei and Hashferay, apparently awaiting transfer to military training centres” (UN HRC, P: 25, 2016).

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Afterthought:

There is so much evidence that come into a 94 page UN report; this one shows so much of it, I have focused on the witness reports and their testimonies, as this is Eritrean citizens who have fled the regime in haste to Europe or America. There even some men and woman who are creating issues for their families left behind.

The Eritrean state is all controlled around the President Isaias Afwerki, as he knows all about the finances, state media and the military. The Military or the Army is both “free working force” as the extensive breaches human rights and committed to keep away the state from lawful activities, as the Generals and Army Officials are themselves skimming of the system and use woman and men, as they please. This creates unlawfulness in the militarized society of Eritrea. The witness reports are a sad sight and the totalitarian control from the President Afwerki shows the extent to how they control their citizens and uses their manpower to earn money for the Government, but not support or being there for their citizens.

And if they try to flee or desert from the military or the country, the other army command can shoot-to-kill fellow citizens, as they do not follow orders from above, as they are in the hands of the government and the army. This together with the torture of fellow citizens; they are detained without trial and kept in jail to infinite, as there are no constitution or rule of law in the nation.

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The damning evidence is clear, the Eritrean government cannot just silence this, as there are over 400,000 who has fled from the country, and 44,000 have written in to the United Nation Human Rights Council, with their experience and witness reports shows the level of system behind these actions, it is not just one rare coincidence that certain people are detained, tortured or becoming slaves for the Generals of the Military. That even the Air-Force is so depleted that the men who are assigned work on labor unites instead of becoming air-men for the Eritrean Air-Force.

That is enough for now. It is not grand state of affairs, the level of impunity and lawlessness and the attitude of how the Eritrean State are treating their fellow citizens and keeping their records only in the hand of the President Afwerki and nobody else. Peace.

Reference:

UN Human Rights Council – ‘Detailed findings of the commission of inquiry on human rights in Eritrea’ (08.06.2016) – A/HRC/32/CRP.1

Press Statement: Inaccuracy, and biased positions of Troika would not help innocents in South Kurdofan and Blue Nile (08.06.2016)

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WASHINGTON D.C., United States of America, June 7, 2016 –  The Embassy of the Republic of the Sudan expresses its deep regret for the latest statement issued by the Troika  (USA – UK – Norway) on 27th of May 2016, on the situation in South Kurdofan. – The biased and unbalanced statement by the group has just repeated the old positions that don’t help bring peace to the people of the two areas, and only send the same negative signals to the rebels to continue their barbaric behavior in attacking innocent civilians without facing any consequences.

The Government of the Republic of the Sudan while confirming its commitment to the negotiations and dialogue as the only way for peace settlement in the two areas, expects clearer position from Troika towards the Road Map  by applying pressure on rebel movements who refused to sign it, sparing no efforts to impede peace process and dialogue in Sudan.
The Troika statement mentioned the Road Map but still there is a lack for strong position and firm commitment towards it.

The claims mentioned in Troika’s latest statement about the expulsion of the Head of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Sudan  is completely inaccurate. The acting official was granted his work permission in January 2014 on the basis of transitional period, the Government has renewed his stay permit for extra period ends in June 2016 waiting for a new nomination for the position and still waiting for that.

The Government of Sudan while reiterating its keenness to work with the UN agencies in the humanitarian field has the full right to evaluate the performance of UN officials and their level of cooperation.
The Humanitarian Aid Commission in Sudan (HAC) has presented in its recent statement a brief assessment for the work period of the  UN official that witnessed tension in the relations and lack cooperation.

The official concerned was requested to be issued a provisional stay permit in his capacity as ACTING head of OCHA Mission in Sudan. Though the said status remained as is up to date, the Sudanese authorities  fully cooperated with him and secured renewals of his  tentative stay permit. However, ahead of the upcoming renewal , OCHA was advised of the situation. That step should in no way construed as rejection of the presence of this UN organ in Sudan or the appointment of a new resident head of it.

Mathews Phosa: ANC must stop ‘protecting corruption’ (Youtube-Clip)

“In an exclusive interview, journalist Melanie Verwoerd talks to anti-apartheid activist Mathews Phosa about the road travelled by the ANC, the Constitution and the expulsion of Julius Malema” (Eyewitness News, 2016)

Interim Order: KCCA ordered to stop using Nabugabo Updeal JV. to Collect garbage in Kampala (01.06.2016)

KCCA Interim Order June 2016

These quotes from KCCA this 13. February 2016: 

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Mrs. Beti Kamya – “Where is Museveni’s Heart” (Daily Monitor Article of 28.01.2008)

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Uganda: New Cabinet List Out (Youtube-Clip)

Press Statement: IMF Executive Board Completes Sixth PSI Review for Uganda and Approves One-Year Extension of the Program (07.06.2016)

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WASHINGTON D.C., United States of America, June 7, 2016 –  The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund today completed the sixth review of Uganda’s economic performance under the program supported by the Policy Support Instrument (PSI).1.

In completing the review, the Board approved the authorities’ request for a one-year extension of the current PSI arrangement to facilitate policy continuity and allow sufficient time for ongoing structural reforms to progress and also granted a waiver of the nonobservance of the end-December 2015 assessment criteria on the overall deficit of the central government.

The PSI for Uganda was approved by the Executive Board on June 28, 2013 (see Press Release No. 13/78). Uganda’s program under the PSI aims at maintaining macroeconomic stability and alleviating constraints to growth. The program supports the authorities’ objectives on reforms to the monetary policy framework, tax revenue mobilization, public financial management, and financial sector development. It also backs efforts to improve the business environment, including by preparing the economy better for oil production.

Following the Board discussion, Mr. Min Zhu, Deputy Managing Director and Acting Chair, made the following statement:

“Despite external shocks, and amid election-related uncertainty, Uganda’s economy demonstrated resilience, with robust growth, low inflation, and strong international reserves. However, structural reforms have lagged and need to be revitalized to enhance competitiveness, promote economic diversification, and foster sustained and inclusive economic growth.

“Economic policies will remain focused on keeping inflation low and boosting growth. Fiscal priorities include shifting public spending toward infrastructure and poverty-alleviating expenditures, boosting domestic revenue mobilization, and enhancing public investment efficiency. Continued fiscal prudence could facilitate further monetary policy easing, which would help ease tight credit conditions.

“More progress is needed on key structural reforms. Prompt parliamentary approval of the Public Financial Management Act regulations in line with international best practice, decisive action to reconcile and validate the stock of domestic arrears, and finalizing the charter of fiscal responsibility are paramount steps to further improve governance and strengthen the budget process. Final approval of legal amendments to the Bank of Uganda Act will strengthen the central bank’s independence and support the inflation targeting regime.

“Vigilance is needed to ensure continued financial stability. Plans to further strengthen prudential supervision in line with the Basel III guidelines are welcome. Ensuring that regulatory oversight keeps pace with financial innovation will help preserve financial stability. Prioritizing prompt parliamentary approval of the Amendments of the Anti-Money Laundering Amendment Act and the Insurance Act should help Uganda exit from the FATF gray list, further strengthening the investment climate.”

1 The PSI is an instrument of the IMF designed for countries that do not need balance of payments financial support. The PSI helps countries design effective economic programs that, once approved by the IMF’s Executive Board, signal to donors, multilateral development banks, and markets the Fund’s endorsement of a member’s policies (seehttp://www.imf.org/external/np/exr/facts/psi.htm). Details on Uganda’s current PSI are available at imf.org/uganda.

Opinion: Museveni’s growing ‘royal’ court

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As of today the Executive, the 7th Term of President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni that started now recently after a rigged election. There been selected 31 Ministers, 49 Minster of State and one Vice President. The total amount of honorable Ministers is 80! The one career that is resurrected as he is the ‘Minster for crocodiles’ Maj. Gen. Kahinda Otafiire, the man who lost NRM Primaries this last fall in 2015, and lost again in the General Election in 2016, still he was able to escape and be get brownie points for Mzee.

Hon. Betty Kamya who has defended and attacked Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) and Besigye through her campaign, have been also elevated as she run for the Uganda Federal Alliance (UFA), she took over the Minister for Kampala City after Hon. Frank Tumbewaze who is now the Minister for Information, ICT and Communication, a Ministerial Post; that the now gone MP Gen. Jim Muhwezi.

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Well, the good news is that Dr. Chris Baryomusi went to the Ministry of State of Housing, went from Health Care, where he said it wasn’t a big deal with the missing Cobalt 60 Teletheraphy machine at Mulago Hospital and the Uganda Cancer Institute, as the Cancer Patients’ would die anyway… So there is some justice in his demoted state into state minister for Housing… the people who has sickness in Uganda should be giddy, but wished that he was out of Parliament as he was so despicable when the Health Care scandal of Mulago came to light!

Well, then there Hon. Simon Lodoko, who for some reason are Minister of State for Ethics and Integrity… who wanted to sack Dr. Stella Nyanzi after her naked crusade after unethical political motivated in April 2016 from Makerere University.

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And you have the wonderful Al-Hajji Abdul Nadduli, the former NRM Vice-Chairmen for the Central Region, gotten the fantastic Ministerial Post that I hope to have one day in my own country; Minister Without Portefolio. He can chill and get the brown-envelope with Ministerial perks and be a secure vote in Parliament as he is a Minister in the Cabinet. If the man ever wants to do crap, and deliver a petition or notion in parliament, it will be a bonus, but he could just relax in Kabalagala or hang out at the ‘Chicken-In’ at Wandegeya.

Well, will not take on more Minister’s even if there more than in enough the Cabinet, as other die-hards and loyalist Gen. Henry Tukumunde aka Money Man of General Elections, got his corrupt hands into a ministry as well, together with other Musevenism ministers like Hon. Sam Kuteesa, Hon. Matia Kasaija, Hon. Adolf Mwesige, Hon. Irene Muloni, Hon. Dr. Elioda Tumwesigye, Hon. David Bhati, Hon. Sarah Ochient Opendi and Hon. Oryem Okello… that I can mention in haste, without caring for their ministries… 9 ministries and ministers, also the First Lady got a bigger role this time Hon. Janet Museveni, she was tired of the Karamoja and not enough funds to take from Northern Uganda Social Action Fund (NUSAF II)…

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As for the ministers and amount of them, the Executive are hiring more loyal people around him, he want a giant royal court and be midlevel level, as he wants to be the king on the Iron Throne, with the AK-47 and have whispers from every corner as he wants to control all men of his kingdom. President Museveni, are hiring and hiring men who are loyal to him and men who went as independent, as they lost the NRM Primaries… but he still want them around as they are good people for him and will not sell him out, as long as they are kept fed. Take a look at the numbers!

Museveni currently has 116 advisors in the Office of the President; but the statement suggests this number is to rise to 121 this financial year. This is 39 more than the number of advisors the president had at the beginning of his fourth elective presidential term in 2011” (…)”For instance, after the March 2015 cabinet reshuffle, former Attorney General Peter Nyombi and former Finance, Planning and Economic Development Minister Maria Kiwanuka joined the long list of presidential advisors who are former ministers. Some of the former ministers who are advisors include Gerald Ssendaula, Ham Mulira Mukasa, Ezra Suruma, Namirembe Bitamazire, Beatrice Wabudeya and Gen Salim Saleh. Others are former prime ministers Kintu Musoke and Apolo Nsibambi, former vice president Specioza Wandira Kazibwe, Dr James Makumbi and Muhammed Mayanja who were ministers in the 1990s” (Kaaya, 2016).

This proves that men who are loyal and silent without going into opposition, can expect to get a unelected position by serving President Museveni, as he likes loyalty and knowledge that him paying them keeps them close, as he knows the fellows who are corrupted by him and wants his corrupted behavior gone, will not be close; they will be silenced. The strange news from today was this:

“A further scrutiny of the list also found that former envoys Francis Butagira and Ibrahim Mukiibi are also presidential advisors. Two of the listed 116 advisors such as Hajji Badru Wegulo and Besweri Mulondo are dead” (Kaaya, 2016).

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2 men are dead that are currently on the Presidential Advisory list of Uganda, that is explanatory of level of scrutiny the governance of Central government needs, the need for restructure and need for change from the Musevenism that everything circles around him and his visions, as they are now so corrupted and so owned by own personal gain… instead they are now all indebted to Museveni, instead of trying to build better government and ministries that serves the people, the citizens, instead they serve Museveni and wants to be in his court and get his word. That is why they want to be hired, instead of actually making a genuine difference and using the state affairs and state ministries to show accountability for state funds and their pledges. They are instead there all to serve President Museveni, and that is not a healthy functioning state, the government is paying for the bloated ministries, ministers, members of parliament, and all the loyal men that President Museveni keeps in his court, as the numbers of men on the State House Payroll, is also staggering, but that is for another day! This is just the official hiring, not the ones that serving the MPs, Ministries and State Ministers… Peace.

PS: I wonder who eats on the dead-men’s salaries, because surely somebody is catching in on the paychecks of the fallen Museveni soldiers… Think about that for a minute.

Trump University: the ultimate fraud from the Donald, as it was never licensed and famous for bait-and-switch tactics of the students!

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“Anticipate change and embrace it; change can affect the entire picture. Recognize new developments you can capitalize on, profit from and use to open new doors” – Donald J. Trump

The Donald Trump continues to blatantly lie about his role and the ambition of the Trump University (TU), I feel the need to drop certain knowledge from the paperwork that is openly distributed and fearlessly showing the true narrative of the matter. I have looked at lots of corruption, lies and deceit over the years, and I will let the court documents and the other leaks speak, not my own narrative… because I already despise the man and his methods, there no honor or real pride in the man, all that matters is the earned profits by any means.

The main objectives if don’t know as the excessive petitions and court documents says, is that he was owning and running a University without a License, enrolling students, promising Education and Programs that will create wealth, while promising to handpicking teachers and mentors; while all of the mentors and teachers was handpicked from Mr. Sexton and not Trump, the school was not official, since it hadn’t license, neither the teachers or mentors, so the educations did not have a value; while the students was enrolled and tried to get to sign-up them for expensive programs and max-out credit-cards. All out of this happen while Sexton and Trump, knew that they didn’t meet up to standards of both NYSED and New York Educational Laws as Educational Facility. So the value of any degree or certificate wouldn’t have value, as the institution for the student, we’re not paying or getting value for the money spent on their “education” there. So take a look at the viable truth of the TU!

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Attorney General of New York Petition on unlawful acts of Trump University:

“From 2005 through 2011, respondents operated an unlicensed, illegal educational institution from their headquarters in New York City, which purported to teach each student’s Donald Trump’s real estate strategies and techniques. Until May 2010, respondents operated their program illegally as “Trump University” because they were not chartered as a university as required New York law and were even notified by the New York State Education Department (“NYSED”) as early as 2005 that their use of the word “university” violated New York Law” (…)”Respondents repeatedly claimed that prospective students would be taught by successful real estate “experts” who were ”handpicked” by Donald Trump. In fact, respondents lacked  substantiation for the claims that their instructors and mentors were successful real estate entrepreneurs. Not one single one was “handpicked” by Donald Trump” (…)”Though their deceptive and unlawful practices, respondents intentionally misled over 5000 individuals nationwide, including 600 New Yorkers, into paying as much as $35,000 each to participate in live seminars and mentorship programs with the promise of learning Donald Trump’s real estate investing techniques” (…)”In 2004, Donald Trump, Michael Sexton, and Jonathan Spitalny formed Donald Trump University LLC as a New York limited liability company. The original business plan focused primarily on long-distance learning through they were “experimenting” with a variety of formats, including some live programs” (…)”Ultimately, for more than five years, respondents failed to take any steps to rectify the legal violations raised by NYSED” (…)”To the present day Trump University has never obtained or even applied for the proper licensure to operate as an educational institution in New York State. Neither Trump University nor any of its employees or representatives ever applied for any other licenses, certifications, or approvals for NYSED for its teachers, directors, or sales agents. Trump University never submitted any materials to NYSED for approval in compliance with the Educational Law. In addition, Trump University never paid any tuition assessments to NYSED to fund reimbursements to students” (…)”In fact, Donald Trump netted  about $5 million in profit from Trump University. Notwithstanding this fact, instructors claimed that the costs of Trump University programs were designed to ensure that students would feel invested in them. Similarly false claims were made again when instructors  regarding the Trump Elite programs” (…)”Donald Trump holds his stake in Trump University through two closely held corporations, DJT University Members LLC and DJT University Managing Member LLC, together giving him control of 92% of the equity in Trump University” (…)”The sole signatories of the bank accounts of Trump University are Donald Trump, his three adult children, and Allan Weisselberg, Trump Organization’s chief financial officer. None of these signatories were ever employees of the Trump University LLC” (Attorney General of New York, 2013).

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What the key points from the Attorney General in Texas:

“Defendants engage in false, misleading and deceptive practices in promoting and selling their real estate investment seminars in Texas. Defendants target Texas consumers eager to earn additional income during the economic slowdown by promising to teach them dubious real estate investment strategies that will score them big profits in virtually no time. Defendant Trump University (Trump U ) advertises free investor workshops on real estate investing in various newspapers throughout Texas to the general public. The advertisements promise consumers that if they attend the free workshops they will have the opportunity to [l]eam from Donald Trump’s handpicked experts how you can profit from the largest real estate liquidation in history , how to profit from the billion dollar bailouts and to teach foreclosure investing from the inside out” (…)”Defendants falsely assert at these “free workshops” that the classes are approved continuing education· credit for realtors. The Texas Real Estate Commission has not approved any Trump University courses for continuing education credit. Defendant Trump University is also not an accredited institution of higher learning and does not have a certificate of authority to use the term “University” in the state of Texas in violation of TEX Enuc. CODE § 6.313. Trump University has also not complied with Secretary of State registration or tax requirements necessary to do business in Texas or paid sales tax on any of their sales” (…)”the Trump U representatives tell attendees that the 3-day seminar is being offered at a special reduced price (1,495) for workshop attendees even though the 3-day seminar is primarily marketed to free workshop attendees at this regular price and rarely, if ever, marketed at the inflated rates quoted to attendees. However, Defendants fail to tell the attendees that the instructors are paid a commission by Trump U for every student who signs up for the 3-day course” (…)”Defendants’ representatives also ask attendees, on the morning of the first day of the seminar, to call their credit card companies, banks, and mortgage companies and ask for an increase or extension of credit so that they may finance the Gold Elite package purchase. Defendant Trump U will even ask attendees to call their bank during these one-on-one sessions while the representative waits. The primary goal of the 3-day seminars appears to be more high pressure sales tactics in an attempt to induce them into purchasing Defendant Trump Us Gold Elite package for $35,000” (…)”Moreover, the so-called strategies that are taught are highly speculative and maybe tantamount to encouraging attendees to sell real estate without a license, which is illegal in Texas” (…)”There have been approximately 57 free Trump U workshops conducted in Texas, with approximately 50-100 attendees per workshop. Approximately 450 Texas consumers have purchased the $1,495 three-day seminar, the $35,000 Gold Elite package, or other courses or products” (…)”The total, all in, we would recommend for settlement· at this points $3,750,000, plus injunctive relief. We recommend a starting point $5,430,884, all in, to begin negotiations. Next week, on May 19, 2010, at the settlement conference, we will present our case to Defendants’ attorneys in more detail and if we have approval will give them copy the draft petition. At that time, we would like to set forth our demand with the all in number $5.4 million. We have already advised Defendants’ lawyers that any settlement will run into the seven figures” (Abbott, 2010).

So even the State of Texas had issues with the TU and the their way of business, they had similar acts against the business, as the school, we’re not registered, we’re not open and legal entity, was set a “foreign business” in the State of Texas; the amount of clients or students shows the reach of the “University” as the workshops hooked Texans to it and the promise of learning from Trump. Something that didn’t happen and therefore the AG of Texas expected that the Trump Organization facilitated the refunds and give back to the ones who bought into the “product” sold in Trump’s name in Texas, interesting, right?

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Important Passages from Trump University Playbook:

Here is what the Speakers and employees of the “Trump University” was told to look after the first day of lessons in the three day course: “Identifying Buyers: Once you have the completed profiles, the team should go through each profile and determine who has the most and least liquid assets and rank them using the following scale:

E1 – Over $35,000 of liquid assets

E2 – Between $20,000 and $30,000 of liquid assets

E3 – Under $10,000 of liquid assets

E4 – Less than $2,000 of liquid assets

401ks and IRAs should not be considered when using the ranking system since these are not liquid, available cash.

*Prior to Day 2, the team should review One-on-One/Making the Sale in the Sales Playbook, along with Objections & Rebuttals” (Trump University Playbook, P: 36, 2010)”.

The buyers are the students who has signed up for the first 3-day course, so the employees and hired men of the Trump Organization to the facility was looking out for the people with cash so they could sign up for more and longer programs.

Here is more from the special curriculum from the Trump University Playbook:  

“TO ALL EMPLOYEES, MENTORS, COACHES, SPEAKERS AND CONTRACTORS HAVING CONTACT WITH TRUMP UNIVERSITY CUSTOMERS (ATTENDEES AND BUYERS):” (…)”  You are specifically prohibited from speaking with any journalist, reporter, author, blogger, newspaper, or media outlet with regards to Trump University, Trump Organization or Mr. Trump” (Trump University Playbook P: 71, 2010).

So the employees and mentors where told directly not to market or talk about their work and what they do, even as their owner are constantly in the media and tries to be kept relevant at some news-outlet at any given time. But this is not the worst, but proves the issues with the school, because an ordinary educational facility or higher Education usually wants their name out and knowledge of their teachers to get articles in the press with their studies and research. There is more:

“ATTORNEY GENERAL:

  • If an attorney general arrives on the scene, contact April Neumann immediately.
  • By law, you do not have to show them any personal information unless they present a warrant; however, you are expected to be courteous” (Trump University Playbook P: 82, 2010).

So the Trump Organization had expected issues with the law and even with the lawmen, as they knew very well that they were acting without license so any Educational Facility or School without license is not allowed to teach, as none of the mentors or teachers had license to teach either. Attorney General had to have warrant, if not they had to contact central persons in the Trump Organization.

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Here is more:

“SURVEY PROCEDURE: Please note: If at any point one of the below individuals is out of the office, the surveys will skip to the next hand-off point” (…)”Brad Schneider will pass surveys onto April Neumann (Director of Operations). April will review and address any pertinent issues with the Program Coordinator, Sales Coordinators, and Speakers. Any scores of less than 90% will be deemed below standards and addressed through a mandated post-conference call with the team to review compliance and event expectations” (…)”April Neumann will return surveys to Denise Ong to be filed accordingly” (Trump University Playbook, P: 86, 2010).

Here are some outtakes from an testimony for the case ‘Art Cohen, et al. vs. Donald J. Trump’ that are United States District Court, Southern District of California, where he said this on tape about the Trump University on the 10th December 2015:

(A: Donald Trump, Q: Attorney General)

Mr. Sexton’s sworn testimony to the Office of the

New York State Attorney General.

  • · · · · · ·If you could, please, direct your

attention to the second page, which is page 157.

  • · · · · · ·At line 10, Mr. Sexton is asked:
  • · · · · · ·”QUESTION:· And were any of those —
  • · · any of these other speakers at any of those
  • · · events handpicked by Donald Trump?”
  • · · · · · ·Mr. Sexton’s answer:

“ANSWER:· None of our instructors at

  • · · the live events were handpicked by Donald
  • · · Trump.”
  • · · · · · ·Do you have any basis to dispute

Mr. Sexton’s testimony in this regard?

  • · · A.· · ·No.· That’s correct” (Donald J. Trump, 10.12.2015).

There are coming more to answers from Donald Trump in his affidavit:

“Q.· · ·Do you recall Mr. Sexton bringing to

your attention in 2005 issues with the New York

State Department of Education regarding the

legality of using the name “University” in the

State of New York?

  • · · A.· · ·Very vaguely, but I thought he had

it all worked out.

  • · · Q.· · ·So you remember the issue coming up

back then, but you thought he worked it out?

  • · · A.· · ·I thought he worked it out. I

remember the issue, but I thought it was all

worked out”  – A bit later he was more cross questioned in court about the 2005 and University license:

Were there any repercussions for

Mr. Sexton once you found out that it had not

actually been worked out?

  • · · A.· · ·Well, I think it was years later

that I actually found out.· Yeah, I was not

happy.· I was not happy.· Because it’s so easy to

work out.· It’s not like a big deal”

(Donald J. Trump, 10.12.2015).

So for Donald J. Trump there are no big-deal to own a unlicensed school, that takes in intuition and enrolls “students” to a school with so-called “handpicked” mentors and teachers, where the is no big deal, as it was not worked out with the New York State, and New York Law, when it comes to an educational facility, that is a big deal, because without the license the education is fraud and not worth the money the student fueled into it.

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Here is some from one his former employee’s declaration:

“I worked for Trump University from May 2007 through October 2007. My title was Manager of Events Department. I worked at Trump University’s headquarters located at 40 Wall Street, New York, New York, which is also where Trump Organization is located” (…)”In my experience, the focus of Trump University was on making sales rather than on providing quality educational services. Trump University would lure consumers into the initial free course based upon the name and reputation of Donald Trump, and then once they were there, Trump University personnel would try to up-sell consumers to the next course using high-pressure sales tactics. Far from providing a “complete real estate education,” as advertised, Trump University personnel only provided enough information to get students to sign up for the next seminar or program. I recall instances in which consumers had paid for a class to learn how to make money investing in real estate, ask for more information, and the teacher would say, “if you want to get that, you have to buy the next package.” (…)”I am aware that instructors were trained to, and witnessed them, asking students during the $1,500 seminars to call their credit card companies and raise their credit limits two, three or four times so that they would be able to invest in real estate. They would tell students to max out their credit card because they would make their money back. They couldn’t raise their limit and use it the same day” (…)”While Trump University’s advertisements claimed it wanted to help consumers make money in real estate, in fact, based upon my experience, I believe that Trump University was only interested in selling every person the most expensive seminars they could possibly buy on credit” (Sommer, 19.09.2012).

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Court order to allow the release of the Trump University Playbook of 2010:

“First, even under a lower “good cause” standard, Judge Gallo found that the majority of the information was either not confidential or only “arguably trade secret” when taken together as a compilation. The contents of the 2010 Playbook have since been publicly disclosed on the Internet, and the disputed material in the 2009 Playbook and the Field Team Playbook is largely duplicative of that in the 2010 Playbook. Thus, to the extent that the disputed material’s trade secret status rested on how it was compiled, the release of the entire compilation vitiates the argument that the compilation constituted a trade secret. Second, Defendant makes only conclusory assertions as to why the disputed material should be considered a trade secret, and upon review of the material, the Court agrees with Judge Gallo that it is largely “very routine and commonplace information.” (ECF No. 176, 27.05.2016). As the Trump University and Trump Organization didn’t wanted the Playbook released as the Playbook of 2010, would prove how the TU was made to sell most courses and programs to their students, instead of teaching them real-estate strategies of Donald Trump.

He is so well-organized that the TU was never licensed and never official educational facility, not in New York or any other State they had work-shops, the teacher set-up so they could get people to come to free workshops and buy 3-day courses, if not get them also to buy into the Gold-Elite Package of the Trump U. That proves the values of the man, as the bait-and-switch, the empty promises while not delivering any.

The man who shows a lot’s of empty promises, screaming wolf, without seeing any, and continues to scream wolf. So when the wolf arrives, people like me will not believe in him, as the only thing he delivers are lies. It doesn’t matter if he has dozen of good ratings, this was never an official or legal entity for education, the material was to sell classes and mentoring, not giving away educational material in the Real Estate business, so the vast evidence of conspiracy, says “fraud” and “lies” and “rubbish”. There are reasons for why you accredit schools and teachers, why they are educated and why you have NYSED who credits schools, as they are setting curriculum and books for the set teaching and the Educational Facilities so the people who pays intuition and get degree’s that they actually have a value and not sold like candy or even like hawkers selling papers on the street.

Here is also a tactic used to sell the products to the students: 

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You should watch this one: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5PbpfnsXA4

One of the Promo Video’s: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4q1N_B6Y4ZQ

One more clip about it: 

I think that is enough for now and should be settled. Peace.

Reference:

Attorney General of New York (Eric T. Schneiderman Vs. Trump University – (24.08.2013)

Attorney General of Texas (Greg Abbott) – ‘Certified Mail No. 7005 2570 0000 2876 6089

Return Receipt Requested’ – Civil Investigation Demand (06.01.2010)

Corinne Sommer – ‘DECLARATION OF CORINNE SOMMER DECLARATION IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION’ (19.09.2012)

Donald J. Trump : “ORAL AND VIDEOTAPED DEPOSITION OF· · · · · · · · · DONALD J. TRUMP · · · · · · ·Thursday, December 10, 2015 – Case 3:10-cv-00940-GPC-WVG Document 462-2 Filed 03/03/16 Page 5 of 129

Trump University Playbook – ‘ONE COMPANY. ONE CULTURE. ONE GOAL. Achieving Sustained Profitability in 2010’

United States District Court Southern District of California:  “ART COHEN, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Donald J. Trump, CASE NO. 13-cv-2519-GPC-WVG Related Case: 10-cv-0940-GPC-WVG; [ECF No. 176]

My letter to Electronics Producers who are responsible for supplying money to militias and guerrillas of the DRC!

Illegal Mining DRC

Dear Electronic Producers of end-products as Mobile Phones and such, I write to you in haste!

Then I mean the likes of Foxconn of China, Apple, Hitachi, Sanyo, NEC Tokin, Kemet, AVX, Vishay, Flextronics, Celestica Sanmina, Asustek, Jabil, Hewitt-Packard, Dell, Acer, IBM, Samsung, Motorola, Canon and Nokia. Also other suppliers who deliver the needed products for you too label and sell to the global market.  

I write too you with urgency, do you want your names to mentioned in blood, as your greed for the profits are no embedded with warlords and thieves of East Africa, as the exported mineral resources as Coltan, Tin, Tantalum and Tungsten. These minerals are needed in your production to make your phones, your electronics and others.

There been warlords, been warriors and presidents that have looted the Southern and Northern Kivu of Democratic Republic of Congo. They have all used AK-47 and other weapons while taking territories, towns and villages. These are the places, where the militias and guerrillas are raping the woman, burning villages and taking over mines even with child-labor if needed.

All the deaths and wars since the fall of Mobutu Sese Seko in the end of 1990s, where the proxy war of Uganda and Rwanda in the Kivu’s where the mines are; and you have accepted this as you vouch for their armies and their militias taking the area, eating of the minerals, eating the stones and lifting the burden they have to buy ammunition to continue their thieving. The thieving and capturing the miners, destroying and taking the minerals, the minerals you use in your products, the end-products you want to sell to me and the world.

DRC Minerals

What is the pride of your fiscal profits, knowing you were securing payments, securing buying of small-arms and killings of fellow men and woman, on your watch, on your payment and your production? The initial end-game of Electronic Products is that as long as we know that, the Laptops, Smart-Phone and others are tainted with blood; they are tainted with the operation of warlords.

That cannot be gone away in silence, as long as the President of Rwanda, Uganda and Democratic Republic of Congo, they are all in on it, and enjoy the monies with their proxy armies controlling various mines and different minerals, the issues and stages of exploitation of the Kivu’s.

If more people care, they would be aggravated, they would wonder if there was ways of producing the smart-phones and laptops without the minerals that are fueling the guerrillas and militias of Kivu, which is not extending the reign of Kabila, Kagame and Museveni. They are the reasons for these killings and these groups who extort this violence.

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The nonsense non-action, the deliberate assault for these minerals, and your plenty of usage, while knowing where it came from, with the extent of the force that it taken from the ground and into the factories, before sold with pop-song on the local TV-Station with a fancy name and image; that image should be tainted with the knowledge of how the minerals for it came to light of day, with the injustice, the impunity and dissolved society where the fear of violence, reckless warlords, relentless soldiers and murders keeping at bay the illegal logging of minerals of the Kivu’s. That is what the price of the profits.

The brave and Nobel men of the boardrooms of the companies, the men and woman of the PR firms, and the consumers, should be enlighten, should take a stand and we all should try to find ways to absorb and not buy the tainted electronics, or least spread the names of them who take the supply of blood-tainted minerals and make products for profit. That should be stopped, as the killings, the continued presence of militias and guerrillas, they are all been kept and fed by your money. The money you have supplied them, so they can continue to get guns and ammunition.

FARDC Beni May 2016

This money comes from the people, the citizens of the world, they should now and should extend their hands, if they about the atrocities and violence of the Kivu’s. They are serving your profits, the profits made on the guerrillas and militias controlling the mines and exploitations of the provinces with the enriched minerals of the Democratic Republic of Congo. That is what should be known, the silent and sudden killer of it all, the ones that responsible for the presence of modern technology, are militants and guerrillas who are fed on the violence as they export to industries that take it without questions.

It should be questioned and the people should care, the knowledge of these actions should be in the open and spoken more about. Last time the blood-diamonds movie and Leonardo DiCaprio played a reckless man who sold diamonds in Sierra Leone… maybe if they did the same with blood tainted minerals from the DRC, then the world citizens might care and asked for change of policy, but the average man don’t, they just want to enjoy 3G and 4G while surfing to read Tabloid papers and other madness, instead of using their waste opportunities to gain the needed knowledge of the affairs that is happening from afar with the technology at hand.

There is time to question; there are and been more than enough massacres and deaths happening in Beni, in Goma and in Kivu’s for the needed minerals. Time to ask the Electronics Companies and the Suppliers of these minerals to take actions, as their need for this is the reason why the atrocities and killings are happening. They are happing on our watch and with our knowledge. It is time to do something and ask for change, to pressure the DRC Government, to pressure the Electronic producers to use other suppliers if possible and stop fueling their profits into the warlords of East Africa, as they are responsible for their existence, as they are the ones giving them money and plenty to continue to harass and kill their fellow brother and sisters.

Best Regards

The Writer of Minbane