Freedom of speech and the Gaza massacre: double standards in the media

Freedom of speech is an inalienable right of man and humanity, regardless of West, East, South or North. It is for everyone and everyone, regardless of time and place, nationality and race, religion and belief. It is life-giving only when understood and practiced in this sense.

According to international standards, freedom of speech is the society's right to know, to know the truth about all events. Incorrect, inconsistent reporting of events is contrary to freedom of speech. At the same time, not telling the information that society and humanity should be aware of, giving one-sided reports, concealing information, and remaining silent are also contrary to freedom of speech and freedom of mass media, it is treason.

Freedom of speech is the right to tell the truth and not lie.

As we know, in our religion Islam, we are encouraged to stand up and speak the truth. Because a lie eventually leads to vices such as treason, slander, slander, polytheism. Rasulullah, may God's prayers and peace be upon him, commanded us to tell the truth even if we see danger, and to refrain from lying even if we see benefits. In the Holy Qur'an, Allah has warned the liars, the misguided and the misguided. Our religion considers bearing false witness as a great sin as ascribing polytheism to God. It was narrated from Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Messenger of Allah, may God bless him and grant him peace, said, "Shall I inform you of major sins?" they asked. We said: "Say yes, O Messenger of God!" we said. Then he said: "To associate something with Allah, to be white to parents", and they sat in the places where they were leaning, and they kept repeating: "Beware, lying words and bearing false witness", even we said: "I wish they would stop now". , we wanted."

Rasulullah, may God's prayers and peace be upon him, said: "Always be honest. Because righteousness leads to goodness, and goodness leads to heaven. A person will be persistent in the right words and will even be written as one of the truthful in the presence of Allah. Avoid lying. Because lies lead to sin, and sins lead to hell. A person continues to lie and is even written as one of the liars in the presence of Allah.

As we have seen, freedom of speech is a universal human value that comes from our faith and is recognized by the world community.

Unfortunately, the world community and the world press are not always loyal to these universally recognized international rights. This situation can be seen in the Israeli-Palestinian carnage, which the mass media for some reason calls the "Israeli-Hamas war" these days.

According to the latest reports, the number of people killed in the Gaza Strip reached 13,300, and 5,600 of them were children. The number of wounded and injured reached 31 thousand people.

According to Aljazeera, the number of Jews who died was 1.2 thousand, and almost all of them died on the first day of the conflict. Since then, the slaughter has been going on unilaterally, and the Palestinian people are being exterminated before the eyes of the world.

According to the Palestinian WAFA agency, a school belonging to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Refugees (BAPOR) was fired upon and at least 12 people were killed. And the UN does not go beyond asking for "humanitarian silence".

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres notes the unprecedented increase in the number of victims: "Thousands of children have been killed in a few weeks. I don't know of any conflict in which there has been so much killing since I have been UN Secretary-General." makes a statement: "We are maintaining balance, we are destroying Hamas," he said on CNN. Somehow the bombs and bullets fired at Hamas are only hitting civilians, babies and women, which raises a number of questions.

In most cases, the Western press acts with double standards and lives in this imitation.

You remember, the whole world wrote and talked about Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani girl who was punished and pressured by the Taliban. He was taken under UN protection and now lives in Britain. What about the babies who died in Gaza? Aren't they human? Are the people who died and are dying at the hands of Israel exempted from the protection of international law?

Let's remember another story. In the US, police officers strangled George Floyd, a black man, to death in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020, while arresting him. All international news corporations, TV channels, such as SNN, BBS, Evronyus, covered the incident for three months. It was even studied until police officer Derek Chauvin held him for just 8 minutes and 46 seconds. The world sympathized with the Chicago 38th Avenue murder victim, a black man whose $20 cigarette bill was allegedly counterfeit. His video and the song "I can't breathe" were distributed all over the world.

So, why does the world press not move so much that the babies, mothers and children who are being killed every second in Palestine are dying and dying?

That police killing of a black man was even filmed and broadcast to the world under the name "Minneapolis Crisis". Most of the world's press is looking at the victims of Gaza as if they were the bullfighters who stabbed the bull in the bullfight.

After that black event, a movement called BLM ("Black Lives Matter" - "Black Lives Matter") was born in the world. Why is the movement "The lives of the people of Gaza are important" not coming into the world today?!

International information corporations, which have become huge technological censors, are also responsible for this facelessness of the world, which bury a pinch of truth under tons of lies.

I see more of Euronus. He also wrote and plotted that one of the hostages was found at the exit of one of the bombed buildings in Gaza yesterday. It appears that he was actually killed by an Israeli bomb. But they are showing him again as a victim of terrorists.

Dozens of stories feature interviews with families of hostages in Gaza. They say that their parents and family are waiting. Why don't they ask the parents and families of those who are dying in Gaza?

Therefore, the demand of the people for the truth in this regard remains like a call in the desert. Today there is salvation in trusting God and working together...

Abdulkarim BAHRIDDIN