Declaration against racial incitement and slander
Declaration against racial incitement and slander
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A. On the basis of the study “No evidence that Muslims hijacked planes on 9/11” by Elias Davidsson (2008), that we have carefully examined, and other similar studies, we undersigned are now convinced that the U.S. authorities did not prove [beyond reasonable doubt*] their account on the mass murder of September 11, 2001, in particular their claim that Muslims/Arabs committed this crime.
B. The presumption of innocence, as a civilised principle, is enshrined in Article 11 (1) of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, according to which, every person “charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law (…)” While the presumption of innocence was particularly drafted to protect the rights of persons already charged of a penal offence, it evidently applies to persons who have not even been formally accused of any offence.
C. On the basis of the above findings, we consider the publication and dissemination of the allegation that Muslim/Arabs committed the mass murder of 9/11, as a grievous and unconscionable form of character assassination. Such an allegation violates the principle of the presumption of innocence. It also violates Articles 1, 3, 5 and 8 of the Declaration of Principles on the Conduct of Journalists of the International Federation of Journalists, the Code of Ethics of the Society of Professional Journalists, the Statement of Principles of the American Society of Newspaper Editors (ASNE), and Resolution 1003 on the ethics of journalism, adopted by the Council of Europe in 1993.
D. We, therefore, call upon journalists to refrain henceforth from attributing, either directly or indirectly, the commission of the mass murder of 9/11 to Muslims or Arabs or to any Muslim or Islamic organisation; to publicise the unreported fact that the U.S. authorities did not produce any evidence of Muslim/Arab participation in the actual mass murder of 9/11; and to publish an apology to the families of those maligned, without foundation, for the mass murder of 9/11.
(*) The requisite standard of proof in US criminal cases
Signatories,
Zainol Abideen, President of The Muslim Bloggers Alliance, Malaysia
Rob Balsamo, Commerical Pilot, Co-Founder, PilotsFor911Truth.org, USA
Dr. Kevin Barrett, Arabic-Islamic Studies; author, radio host. USA
Hartmut Barth-Engelbart, Author, Musician, Gruendau/Hanau, Germany
Dr. med. Eric Beeth, Brussels, Belgium
Joachim Bergerhoff, expert in urban mobility, Belgium
Suzanne Borho, Professor for English, Daegu Catholic University, South Korea
James R. Carr, Professor, Geological Sciences and Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada U.S.A.
David Chandler, Physics educator, author, video producer, Strathmore, Calif., USA
Dennis P. Cimino, Commercial pilot, USA
John B. Cobb, Jr. Prof. Emeritus, Claremont School of Theology.
Anthony Deegan, former Director for Research Engineering, NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Encinitas, California, USA
Dwain Deets, Helsinki, Finland
Chris Defendorf aka DJ Green Arrow, World Record Holder for Longest Freestyle Rap, USA
Prof. Kee Dewdney, Coordinator, Physics911 site, London, Ontario, Canada
Bernd Juergen Dröge, Psychological Counselor, Muenster, Germany
John Duddy, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Dr. med. Carlucci Enzo, Neuchâtel, Schweiz
Prof. James Fetzer, USA
Anneliese Fikentscher, Arbeiterfotografie, Köln, Germany
Dr. Freddy Gardiol, Honorary Professor (ret.), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. Founder and former Director of the Laboratory of Electromagnetism and Acoustics at EPFL. Life Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
Reinhard Gebhart, Author, Germany
Paul F. Getty, DDS (dentist), North Carolina, USA
Prof. David Ray Griffin (emer.), USA
Dr. David L Griscom, Research Physicist (ret.), Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C. USA
Dr. Sabine Grund, Berlin, Germany
Nicole Guihaumé, Paris, France
Jean-Luc Guilmot, Bio-Engineer, MBA, Liège, Belgium
Anthony J. Hall, Professor of Globalization Studies, University of Lethbridge, Canada
Mohd Azmi Abdul Hamid, Secretary General, Malaysian Muslim NGOs Consultative Council (MAPIM), Jelapang, Perak, Malaysia
Dr. Niels Harrit, Associate Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, Univerity of Copenhagen, Denmark
Klaus Hartmann, Chairman, German Federation of Freethinkers, Germany
Andreas Hauss, historian, Germany, www.mai2.eu
Sander Hicks, media activist, community organizer and journalist, USA
T. Mark Hightower, Engineer, San Jose, CA, USA
Folker Hoffmann, Borås, Sweden, http://principiis-obsta.blogspot.com/
Carol Holland, NY 911 Truth Activist
Ingar Holst, Department of Semantics, The Ahlefeldt-Holst Center, USA
Prof. Steven Jones, American physicist
Lincoln Justice, Independent investigator, Seymour, Missouri, USA
Claudia Karas, Palästina-Forum Nahost, Frankfurt, Germany
Dr. Ed Kendrik, Charter Member of Medical Professionals for 9/11 Truth, USA
Yakup Kilic, Musician, Berlin, Germany
Hans-Peter Koehn, Social Manager, Germany
Dr. Pétur Knútsson (ret.), University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
Anthony Lawson, cameraman, film and video editor, Thailand
Gérard Lazare, video producer, Viry Châtillon, France
Frank Legge, Logical Systems Consulting, Australia
Prof. Dr. David MacGregor, Canada
Dr. Graeme MacQueen, (ret.), McMaster University, Canada
Steve Meadows, Truth Activist, Austin (Texas), USA
Feroze Mithiborwala, Writer and analyst on international affairs; President: Awami Bharat, Mumbai, India
Vincent Moreau, video editor, France
Rowland Morgan, co-author of “9/11 Revealed” (London & NY, 2005), author of “Flight 93 Revealed” (London & NY, 2006), and of VOICES (internet publication 2009), Great-Britain
Jutta Müller, Teacher, Düsseldorf, Germany
Andreas Neumann, Arbeiterfotografie, Köln Germany
Fatima Özoguz, Author and Translator, Germany
Dr. Yavuz Özuguz, Director of the Encyclopaedia of Islam, eslam.de and author, Germany
Larry L. Payne, Partner, Digital Illustrator, Castell, Texas, USA
Michael Pengue, 9/11 Truth Activist, Montreal, Canada
Joanne Pettit, Retired, Ledyard, CT, USA
Jeff Prager, Founder and Former Publisher, Senior Magazine, Minneapolis, USA
Klaus von Raussendorff, Author, Germany
Vincent Robeyns, teacher, campaigner for truth, Liège, Belgium
Ellen Rohlfs, Translator, Member of Gush Shalom, Germany
Christopher Roney Sr., former US Air Force Captain and decorated War Veteran, Urbana, Ill., USA
Dr. Erik A. Röyrvik, Research Fellow, Norway
Henk Ruyssenaars, Senior foreign correspondent, Foreign Press Foundation, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Kevin Ryan, former Site Manager for Underwriters Laboratories, USA
Dr. med. Pascal Sacré, Bruxelles, Belgique
Prof. Dr. Peter Dale Scott, Professor Emeritus of English, University of California, Berkeley, http://www.peterdalescott.net
Gerlinde Scherer, Ohlsbach, Germany
Donna Sket, licenced esthetician, Los Angeles, USA
John Spritzler, Sc.D., author of The People as Enemy: The Leaders’ Hidden Agenda in World War II, co-editor of www.NewDemocracyWorld.org, and author or co-author of numerous articles about HIV infection in medical journals, USA
Jón Karl Stefánsson, Manager, Tromsö, Norway
Thomas Immanuel Steinberg, Steinberg Research, Hamburg, Germany,www.SteinbergRecherche.com
Catherine Thirion, ingénieure, Pessac, France
Tom Tvedten, MD., praticing physician, founder 9/11 Truth DVD Project, Little Rock, AR, USA
Willi Uebelherr, IT engineer, Halle, Germany
Rémi Vandangeon, St. Baudel, France
Dr. med. Jens Wagner, member of the Association of Physicians Against Nuclear Arms, Stade,Germany
Dr. med. Gabriele Weber, Netzwerkerin, Cafe Palestine, Freiburg, Germany
Sabine Werner, Bonn, Germany
Steve White, carpenter and artist, Tribeca, NYC, USA
Prof. William B. Willers, Emeritus Professor of Biology, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, USA
Carole Wilson, Bastrop, Louisiana, USA
Gerhard Wisnewski, Journalist, Author, Munich, Germany
Anna van Wittenbergh, writer-journalist-translator, Wassenaar, the Netherlands
Wojna, Musician, Die Bandbreite, Germany
Sami Yildirim, physicist, Germany
Paul Zarembka, editor, The Hidden History of 9-11
Tristan Zilberman, technician, Saint-Martin s. Lavezon, France
Barrie Zwicker, Media critic and author, Canada