Amnesty International suppresses a film depiction of how children are taken from their fathers in Family Court.

DutchUncle · 2010-07-26T17:45:01+00:00

The matter was publicized by blogger Joakim Ramstedt, who alleges that his government health benefits were then revoked because of his blogging ...

This is the part that, if true, I find most intriguing.

Shugoras · 2010-07-26T19:57:06+00:00

A blog comment contains an answer from Amnesty. The user who posted the comments asked about the movie, and got the following answer (translated from Swedish):

"You are one of many who has contacted Amnesty regarding the Angeläget film festival that was arranged on April 28. Following the festival, a lot of false information has circulated via email and blogs, and we want to stress the following: Amnesty has never stopped a film from competing in the Angeläget film festival, neither this nor any other year!

Angeläget is a competition for young film makers. This year, 63 submissions were sent by High School students. Of these, 25 were chosen to participate in the next round where they would be considered by a jury. The jury consists of 4 people with a background in film and human rights.

The film 'Rätten att vara pappa' [Eng: The right to be a father] was one of the 25 nominated films considered by a jury. The film festival is a competition, and not all films are shown in the festival. Of the 25, 7 winning films are shown. 'Rätten att vara pappa' did not advance to the finals, but neither did 17 other nominated films. The decision on which films will be shown in the festival belongs solely to the jury.

Allegations that Amnesty forced the jury to remove 'Rätten att vara pappa' are completely false. We have, neither this nor any other year, interfered in the jury's decision. Which films will be shown is solely the jury's responsibility, and neither we not anyone else tried to influence them.

They day after the festival, a rumor began circulating, saying Amnesty was behind 'Rätten att vara pappa' and that it was sponsored by us. We got angry emails and phone calls from people saying this was clear since the end credits thank Amnesty. This was on Walpurgis Night, and our secretariat was completely closed. We then chose to remove the film from our YouTube channel, but this was several days after the festival ended, and in no way affected the competition.

Uppsala Kvinnojour [Eng: Uppsala Womens Support Centre] have claimed in a mail, completely inaccurately, that they stopped the film. We want to clarify that none of them was in contact with Amnesty or the jury before or during the festival. This claim has caused a lot of anger and accusations that Amnesty censored the film. We have now contacted the young people who made the film and offered them to put the film back on our Youtube channel if they remove the mention of Amnesty in the end credits.

Regards

Elisabeth Löfgren Press Secretary"

2010-07-26T19:28:14+00:00

the fact that they're so susceptible to outside groups like that is the most frightening thing, similar to how much power lobbyists have over our government. There's so little resistance. male voices just get drowned out.

tomek77 · 2010-07-26T17:33:50+00:00

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Liverotto · 2010-07-26T21:55:20+00:00

In domestic violence cases there is seldom a trial, almost never a jury, and no one is ever acquitted. One study published in Criminology and Public Policy found that everyone arrested for domestic violence receives some punishment

Feminist = The Witches doing the witch hunt.

kloo2yoo · 2010-07-26T15:10:31+00:00

excellent sub, and the film is linked and worth viewing. I've added it to my conspiracy links.

stemgang · 2010-07-26T14:09:18+00:00

After discussing AI's suppression of a finalist entry to their own film competition, Baskerville segues to a discussion of domestic violence law:

It exists precisely to circumvent the legal safeguards and protections for the rights of the accused that make free countries free. Newfangled gender crimes like "domestic violence" exist to punish those who cannot be convicted with evidence.

Why can alleged assailants not be charged and tried according to standard laws against violent assault? Because domestic "violence" criminalizes almost anything, even if it is not violent or even physical.

XFDRaven · 2010-07-26T16:53:05+00:00

Well looks like AI is now on the same level with the 1,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 Union. Good to know, the next time they have their workers out and about I'll tell them to go fuck themselves too.

curomo · 2010-07-26T19:54:32+00:00

DNR; immediately clicked back because of crazy right-wing ad.

Title	Amnesty International suppresses a film depiction of how children are taken from their fathers in Family Court.
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Date	July 26, 2010 2:03 PM UTC (15 years ago)
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