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Pieter Friedrich Profile picture
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Jul 9, 2020 • 7 tweets • 6 min read • Read on X
Sources inform me the "pressure" on @sannekurz consisted of nothing more than contacting her to politely inform her about HSS/#RSS ideology. She was glad to be informed, will disassociate from all future events, & deserves applause & gratitude for her openness to learn & act.
Outside of South Asian community, such lack of knowledge about #RSS is typical & unsurprising. HSS presents itself as a benign religious organization, while RSS is careful to avoid any international awareness of its level of influence in India — or its historical link to Nazis
Unfortunately, not all German politicians who are informed about Nazi-inspired #RSS are open to listening, learning, & taking a principled stand. @AmbLindnerIndia is a classic example. #AngelaMerkel's envoy in India knows who holds the power there.

dw.com/en/germanys-in…
As @Jerusalem_Post reported: "#RSS is a controversial, extremist paramilitary-style volunteer organization connected to India's ruling #BJP. It shares fascist ideology supporting Hindu nationalism and anti-Christian an anti-Muslim beliefs." #ResignLindner

jpost.com/international/…
@AmbLindnerIndia's #RSS visit prompted German politician @tpflueger to state: "Dieses Treffen des deutschen Botschafters in Indien Walter J. Lindner mit der RSS in Nagpur wurde als Aufwertung der RSS verstanden und ist politisch hoch problematisch."

tobias-pflueger.de/2019/07/29/not…
Germany's @AmbLindnerIndia remains despite extensive media coverage of his controversial #RSS visit & nearly 5000 signatures on petition for his recall. It's not too late. Please sign & share petition. Tell Germany Nazi-inspired RSS will not be tolerated.

change.org/p/german-forei…
From petition: "@AmbLindnerIndia (Germany's ambassador to India) visited HQ of #RSS in Nagpur, Maharashtra. His visit condones RSS paramilitary as well as its ideological/institutional inspiration by European fascist movements like those of Hitler's Germany & Mussolini's Italy."

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Jun 15, 2023
What will it take for America to wake up and see that, indeed, Prime Minister #Modi is wearing no clothes whatsoever and that our nation must stop providing him — and his zealots — platforms from which to claim otherwise? #ModiNotWelcome

countercurrents.org/2023/06/modis-…
In 2022, raising concerns about the rapidly deteriorating human rights situation in India, Representative @IlhanMN asked: “What will it take for us to outwardly criticize the actions that the Modi administration is taking?”
Certainly, no one could imagine Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, China’s Xi Jinping, or Russia’s Vladimir Putin being so feted and honored by the US government.
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Mar 20, 2023
Multiple India-based followers have informed me via screenshots that my entire Twitter account was just blocked in India in the past 12 hours or so. @TwitterIndia, this is outrageous. Moreover, you have failed to even formally notify me of this.
What’s the reason? I can only speculate, but it appears to be (considering the timing and mass banning in India of many other accounts of journalists touching on the same subject) this benign thread in which I affirm the need to uphold basic civil liberties in Punjab.
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Mar 19, 2023
Whatever your opinion of Amritpal Singh, a man about whom I know very little, the mass crackdown on basic civil liberties in #Punjab is a totalitarian nightmare. Internet & mobile service banned, assembly banned, media censorship. From Kashmir to Punjab, where is the azadi?
This is not an endorsement of Amritpal Singh, about whom I hadn’t even heard until yesterday, but a denunciation of a governmental system which strips away the civil liberties of everyone in its efforts to arrest a single person. This is not justice. It’s a witch hunt.
Freedoms of speech, of assembly, of press, of communication, and more are inalienable rights which reign supreme in any democratic nation. No situation justifies suspending them. Ever, anywhere, at all.
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Jan 27, 2023
Information for the masses which, if digested with empathy, may save the lives of many in days to come.
The sad and sordid story continues....
The plot thickens.
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Jan 13, 2023
The Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh (HSS) will vehemently protest against being linked to India’s fascist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) when its ties are exposed (especially in front of local governments in the US). However, some basic research reveals a radically different story.
Let’s take a look at what mainstream Indian media says.
India’s Zee News — an outlet actually owned by a former Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) member — calls the Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh (HSS) the “overseas unit” of the RSS.
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Sep 27, 2022
Short weeks after a worker of Hindu nationalist #RSS confessed the paramilitary ran bomb-making camps to attack Muslims, RSS-backed ruling BJP is sweeping up 100s of members of largest organized Indian Muslim group on flimsy allegations.

ndtv.com/india-news/pop…
One of the worst allegations is that Popular Front of India (PFI) was plotting to assassinate RSS-BJP PM Modi. This is the same allegation levied against the Bhima Koregaon 16, a collection of academics/activists known for dissenting against RSS-BJP policies.
These PFI members, across multiple states, are being rounded up and held under draconian legislation that allows for arrest and indefinite detention without charges. This comes as international experts warn the RSS-BJP is on the verge of staging an anti-Muslim genocide in India.
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