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Warum schwiegen alle? Medien stellen sich im Wedel-Skandal eine Frage
Warum schwiegen alle? Medien stellen sich im Wedel-Skandal eine Frage
- Neue Vorwürfe gegen Regisseur Dieter Wedel erschüttern die deutsche Fernsehbranche
- Die Medien liefern mögliche Antworten auf die Frage, warum die Anschuldigungen erst jetzt publik werden
Die Vorwürfe sind massiv: Nach einer ersten Enthüllung schildern weitere Schauspielerinnen in der “Zeit”, wie der deutsche Regisseur Dieter Wedel sie schikaniert, belästigt und auch vergewaltigt haben soll.
Jetzt habe auch Deutschland seinen “Weinstein-Skandal”, kommentiert der Berliner “Tagesspiegel” die Causa Wedel.
Denn: Mit dem neuen “Zeit”-Bericht ist auch klar, dass die ARD und die Produktionsfirmen in Deutschland von den Vorwürfen gewusst haben muss.
Wie bei dem massiven Missbrauchsskandal um den Hollywood-Produzenten Harvey Weinstein stellen sich daher die deutschen Medien eine Frage:
► Warum hat es solange gedauert, bis die Vorwürfe ans Licht kamen?
Vier mögliche Antworten.
1. Das Schweinesystem
Der “Tagesspiegel” glaubt, dass die Sache ähnlich wie bei Weinstein sei, sollten sich die Anschuldigungen gegen den deutschen Regisseur als wahr herausstellen.
“Einer öffentlich-rechtlichen, gebührenfinanzierten, nicht unter Profitdruck stehenden Rundfunkanstalt lagen Anwaltsschreiben zu ‘versuchter Notzucht’ vor”, fasst der “Tagesspiegel” den Fall Wedel zusammen.
Der Sender habe die Schauspielerin gedrängt, weiterzumachen. Warum?
► Die Antwort des “Tagesspiegels”: “Kollegen und Teams haben erschrocken weggeschaut, aber etabliert wurde das Kartell von Produzenten, Redakteuren, Menschen mit Macht.”
Mehr zum Thema: Wie der US-Sender NBC die Missbrauchs-Verbrechen des Hollywood-Produzenten Harvey Weinstein vertuscht hat
2. Unantastbar
Auch die “Süddeutsche Zeitung” kommt zu einem ähnlichen Ergebnis in einem Bericht über die Vorwürfe gegen Wedel. Das System hält dicht.
Die Journalisten berichten: “Versucht man im aktuellen Fall, jemanden für ein Interview zu den Machtstrukturen abseits von Hollywood zu gewinnen, ist das nicht leicht.”
Der Agent eines berühmten deutschen Schauspielers habe den Journalisten gesagt: Wäre eine der Schauspielerinnen, die sich in der “Zeit” zu Wort meldet, früher an die Presse gegangen, sie hätte kein Gehör gefunden.
► Dieter Wedel sei ja immerhin ein “Fernsehgott” gewesen.
3. Angst
Die “Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung” nennt Wedel einen “cholerischen Quotenbringer”. Die Fernseh-Mitarbeiter hätten aus einem Grund stillgehalten:
► “Viele sprechen im Nachhinein von Angst.”
Verständnis dafür zeigt der Kommentar allerdings nicht: Sei es “Angst um die eigene Position? Angst um das Einkommen, den Ruf, den Erfolg einer soeben gedrehten teuren Fernsehserie?”
Alles keine guten Gründe: “Hatte, verdammt, eigentlich niemals jemand Angst um die junge Kollegin, die da für alle sichtbar litt?”
4. Ein Rätsel
Die Mainzer “Allgemeine Zeitung” schreibt, Wedel stehe vor den Trümmern seines Lebenswerks. “Denn mitnichten lassen sich die nun publik gewordenen Vorwürfe als alte, zusammenphantasierte Geschichten enttäuschter Verehrerinnen abtun, die Wedel heute eins auswischen wollen, weil sie keine große Karriere gemacht haben.”
Eine Antwort auf die Frage, warum die Schauspielerinnen nicht ausreichend gehört wurden, liefert die “Allgemeine Zeitung” nicht. Sondern schreibt:
► Das sei schlicht “eine der ungelösten Fragen in diesem sich fast täglich auswachsenden Skandal”.
Mehr zum Thema: “Ich wurde vergewaltigt – das hat das Trauma aus meinem Leben gemacht”
Mit Material der dpa.
www.huffingtonpost.de/entry/dieter-wedel-skandal_de_5a6a5310e4b0ddb658c4e4be
More Nurses Are Leaving The NHS Than Joining, Report Reveals
More Nurses Are Leaving The NHS Than Joining, Report Reveals
More nurses are now leaving the NHS than joining, a new report by MPs has revealed.
Members of the Commons’ health select committee say the government has paid too little attention to keeping frontline staff, meaning those who are left face ever-increasing workloads and pressures.
The report, which will be published in full on Friday, is the result of an inquiry into the nursing workforce, which found many NHS staff are struggling with poor access to continuing professional development, low pay and “a general sense of not feeling valued”.
Latest figures show more than 33,000 nurses walked away last year – a rise of 20% since 2012-13.
Committee chair Sarah Wollaston, Conservative MP for Totnes and a qualified doctor, said: “We met many front line nurses during the course of this inquiry.
“We heard a clear message about workload pressures as well as ideas about how to address these.
“We will return to this subject in a year to make sure that improvements have been made in nurse retention, working conditions, and continuing professional development.”
The committee wants the government to reverse cuts to nurses’ professional development budgets and establish ring-fenced funds in every hospital trust for training and support, as well as “closely monitor” the impact of the removal of nursing bursaries, which were scrapped in 2017 – prompting a huge outcry.
MPs also want Theresa May to give proper assurances to EU nationals working in the NHS that they will be able to remain in the UK with their families after Brexit.
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt told the health select committee earlier this week he was “confident” that the Home Office would be sympathetic towards the continuing needs of the health service when examining immigration levels.
“I don’t want to talk about how this would feed into the overall numbers, but I do want to reassure the committee I am totally confident that the Home Office would be very sympathetic to any proposals made by the Department of Health and Social Care about what we will need in terms of immigration for the health and social care system,” he said.
“I know they see it as a big priority.”
Labour’s first party political broadcast of 2018 focused on the health service, with a short film documenting the daily struggles of tearful NHS workers, many of whom said there were considering leaving the profession.
Shadow health secretary Jon Ashworth said: “In the midst of the worst winter crisis on record today’s powerful message from the influential health select committee must not be shrugged off by Theresa May.
“In particular, Labour shares the committee’s concerns about removing the nursing bursaries and the government’s ongoing failure to guarantee the rights of EU healthcare staff.
“The truth is that the Prime Minister has overseen an unprecedented workforce crisis in our NHS, which has culminated in the number of nurses falling for the first time since 2013.
“You simply can’t run a world class health service that is so severely understaffed and overstretched.”
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/more-nurses-are-leaving-the-nhs-than-joining-report-reveals_uk_5a69b50ee4b0e563007671a9
‘Gay Tests’ for Asylum Seekers Banned by E.U. Court
‘Gay Tests’ for Asylum Seekers Banned by E.U. Court
Citing a disturbing case of a Nigerian man being told by Hungarian officials that he wasn’t gay, the E.U.’s high court takes action.
www.advocate.com/world/2018/1/25/gay-tests-asylum-seekers-banned-eu-court
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Less than half of Americans now accept LGBT people in a dangerous reversal of progress
Less than half of Americans now accept LGBT people in a dangerous reversal of progress
UK Free To Strike Trade Deals During Brexit Transition, Claims David Davis
UK Free To Strike Trade Deals During Brexit Transition, Claims David Davis
Britain will be free to negotiate trade deals as soon as ‘Brexit day’ strikes, despite still having to follow EU rules, David Davis will insist on Friday.
In a keynote speech in Middlesbrough, the Brexit Secretary is expected to spell out the Government’s aims for an “implementation period” after leaving the bloc in March 2019.
Though the UK will effectively follow the regulations of the single market and customs union, it should also be allowed to open negotiations with other countries unhindered by Brussels.
But Davis is prepared for a clash with EU Chief Negotiator Michel Barnier over the prospect of carrying out independent trade talks and brokering deals which would come into force once the transition period is over.
The intervention comes after Davis clashed with prominent Tory Eurosceptic Jacob Rees-Mogg over the terms of the transition period which the influential backbencher claimed will leave the UK a “vassal state”.
Labour, meanwhile, said the Government were deeply split over Brexit and policy on the transition period “should have been resolved months ago”.
Davis will say: “As an independent country, no longer a member of the European Union – the United Kingdom will once again have its own trading policy.
“For the first time in more than 40 years, we will be able to step out and sign new trade deals with old friends, and new allies, around the globe.”
Highlighting the importance of emerging markets in Asia and the Americas, Davis says the fastest-growing export destinations between 2005 and 2014 included China and Brazil.
“We will be able to do so much more with them, when we are an independent trading nation, outside of the EU,” he will say.
“Of course maintaining access to each other’s markets on current terms means we will replicate the effects of the EU customs union during the implementation period.
“But participating in a customs union should not preclude us from formally negotiating – or indeed signing – trade agreements.
“Although, of course, they would not enter into force until the implementation period has ended.”
Giving evidence to MPs on Wednesday, Davis indicated “there may well be an argument” on the issue because “there are people within the union who want to restrict any advantage for us”.
The EU will demand that European law continues to apply in the UK during the planned transition period after it leaves the bloc, according to the latest negotiating guidelines drawn up in Brussels.
The guidance, obtained by Channel 4 News, says any changes to the EU “acquis” – the accumulated body of case law and legislation – should “automatically” apply to Britain during the transition, even though it will have no say in the decision-making process.
The confirmation that the UK will have to abide by any new EU laws and rulings by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) during the transition – expected to last almost two years – will heighten the concerns of pro-Brexit Tory MPs.
The guidance, setting out the negotiating mandate for the EU’s chief negotiator Michel Barnier for the transition talks, is expected to be formally adopted by foreign ministers of the remaining 27 member states in Brussels on Monday.
It states that the “full competences” of the EU institutions – “in particular” the ECJ – should be preserved during the transition period, which should not run beyond December 31 2020 – 21 months after Britain formally leaves the bloc.
Keir Starmer, Labour’s Shadow Brexit Secretary, said: “The Government has got to stop the double-speak and be clear about exactly what it wants to achieve from a transitional deal with the European Union.
“This issue should have been resolved months ago. However, the Government are fundamentally split on this issue, with many in Theresa May’s party wanting to rip the UK out of Europe at any cost.
“Ministers should put the national interest first and guarantee a deal that will protect jobs and the economy.”
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/davids-davit-brexcit_uk_5a6a4ff5e4b0ddb658c4e06c
Lambda Legal and OutServe-SLDN Ask Court to Permanently Block Transgender Military Ban
Lambda Legal and OutServe-SLDN Ask Court to Permanently Block Transgender Military Ban
“The facts are in and the court has what it needs to finally return this bigoted policy back to the dustbin of history, where it has always belonged.”
Lambda Legal and OutServe-SLDN today asked a federal district court to permanently block enforcement of the Trump Administration’s plan to ban transgender people from serving openly in the U.S. Armed Services. The motion for summary judgment filed today in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington follows four U.S. district court rulings and two federal appellate court rulings that granted and preserved preliminary injunctions against enforcement of the ban. It is the first such motion in any of the cases challenging the military ban that was developed in response to President Trump’s July 26, 2017 tweets.
“Without a court ruling, the possibility of being shoved back into the closet hangs over my head and every transgender service member’s head every day,” said plaintiff Megan Winters, a 29-year-old woman and five-year member of the U.S. Navy serving in the Office of Naval Intelligence in Washington, D.C. “It is impossible to overstate how damaging that uncertainty is to morale and military readiness.”
“Every single federal court to look at President Trump’s policy has already found that it reeks of undisguised and unlawful discrimination against qualified transgender people willing and able to serve our country, and it’s time to put the nail in the coffin for that policy,” Lambda Legal Senior Attorney Peter Renn said. “The facts are in and the court has what it needs to finally return this bigoted policy back to the dustbin of history, where it has always belonged. Every day that this clearly illegal ban lingers perpetuates harm to patriotic Americans who wish only to serve the country they love.”
Today’s motion is the latest step in the lawsuit, brought by Lambda Legal and OutServe-SLDN and joined by the state of Washington, challenging the ban. In December, the federal district court issued an injunction barring the ban from being enforced during the litigation and requiring the military to honor the existing policy, under which transgender service members were allowed to serve openly, and transgender Americans seeking to join the military had a path forward for doing so. Because of the injunction, transgender people were able to enlist starting January 1.
“The policy excluding transgender people from serving openly in the armed forced has never had a rational justification, still doesn’t and never will,” OutServe-SLDN Legal Director Peter Perkowski said. “There is no need for a trial to establish that. This motion asks the Court once and for all to put a permanent stop to a policy so clearly damaging to this nation’s military readiness.”
“It is clear that the military, transgender service members, and the American public are ready to move beyond this president’s cruel and unconstitutional ban on trans troops as quickly as possible,” said HRC National Press Secretary Sarah McBride. “Following blow after blow to this order in federal courts, this motion for summary judgment has the potential to bring us one step closer to the speedy resolution that our brave service members deserve. Transgender people are currently enlisting and serving their country with distinction and it’s past time the White House and U.S. Department of Justice honors their service.”
In the lawsuit, Lambda Legal and OutServe-SLDN represent nine individual plaintiffs and three organizational plaintiffs — the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), Seattle-based Gender Justice League, and the American Military Partner Association (AMPA) – who joined the lawsuit on behalf of their transgender members harmed by the ban.
In October, a U.S. District Court judge in Washington, D.C., granted a preliminary injunction in a similar lawsuit challenging the transgender military service ban filed by the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) and GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD). In November, a U.S. District Court judge in Maryland granted a preliminary injunction in a case filed by the American Civil Liberties Union. And, in December, in addition to the ruling out of Seattle, a U.S. District Court judge in California granted a preliminary injunction in a case filed by Equality California, also joined by NCLR and GLAD. The D.C. and Fourth Circuit Courts of Appeals denied the Trump Administration’s efforts to secure stays on open enlistment in the two earlier cases.
Read the motion:
The lawsuit is Karnoski v. Trump. Read the Motion for Summary Judgment here: www.lambdalegal.org/in-court/legal-docs/wa_karnoski_20180125_motion-for-summary-judgment. Read more about the case here: www.lambdalegal.org/in-court/cases/karnoski-v-trump
The Lambda Legal attorneys working on the case are: Peter Renn, Camilla B. Taylor, Tara Borelli, Natalie Nardecchia, Sasha Buchert, Kara Ingelhart, and Carl Charles. They are joined by co-counsel Peter Perkowski of OutServe-SLDN. Also on the legal team are pro-bono co-counsel at Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Newman Du Wors LLP.
Senate Candidate Demands Homemade Dinner Every Night, Calls Feminists ‘She Devils’
Senate Candidate Demands Homemade Dinner Every Night, Calls Feminists ‘She Devils’
Trump acolyte Courtland Sykes — hoping to unseat Sen. Claire McCaskill — also branded those demanding gender equality as “banshees.”
