Four blocks on access to our Church and State website already this morning, and it's only 10.16am. Still nothing from the Mayor of London's St Mungo's TST
UK Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ)
Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms formulates what is the core of free speech. "Everyone has the right to freedom of expression." In an important interpretation of this article, the European Court of Human Rights in Handyside v. UK (1976) indicated that this "freedom of expression" should be construed as follows. It "is applicable not only to 'information' or 'ideas' that are favourably received, or regarded as inoffensive, or as a matter of indifference, but also to those that offend, shock or disturb the State or any sector of the population." Such are the demands of that pluralism, tolerance and broadmindedness without which there is no "democratic society" (see Cliteur, 2010).
We are still waiting to hear from the Mayor of London's St Mungo's Tenancy Sustainment Team (TST); see my post of 16 November, St Mungo's: Declan reverts to data protection law in his dealings with the Mayor of London's St Mungo's TST for the accurate recording of his complaint of unfair treatment against Newham Council (WITH UPDATE - DAY 6 21/11/2018). We are currently experiencing Facebook's 50th block against our Church and State website since 1 December 2015; see my post of 15 November, Facebook: The social network's 50th block against our Church and State website since 1 December 2015, and with no explanation as usual (WITH UPDATE - DAY 7 21/11/2018). And blocks on access to our Church and State website have kicked off again too. This week our web host, SiteGround, has recorded six such blocks. (SiteGround is paid $1,000 per year to host Church and State and manage the server.) This morning we have already had four of these blocks, and it's not even 10.30am!
Last week:
1,394th 11 November 2018, 4.15pm
1,395th 12 November 2018, 12.05pm
1,396th 13 November 2018, 1.54am
1,397th 15 November 2018, 6.54pm
1,398th 17 November 2018, 1.30am
1,399th 17 November 2018, 6.18pm
1,400th 17 November 2018, 9.12pm
1,401st 17 November 2018, 9.23pm
1,402nd 17 November 2018, 9.26pm
1,403rd 17 November 2018, 9.28pm
1,404th 17 November 2018, 10.26pm (7)
This week:
1,405th 18 November 2018, 7.40pm
1,406th 19 November 2018, 12.09am
1,407th 21 November 2018, 1.07am
1,408th 21 November 2018, 3.27am
1,409th 21 November 2018, 9.03am
1,410th 21 November 2018, 10.13am (4)
27 June 2018: SITE BLOCKS: The blocks on access to our Church and State website continue unabated (WITH UPDATE 21/11/2018: re 1,410th block since 26 July 2016)
Re: Blocks on access to Church and State (in bold)
Paragraph 37 of Declan's updated complaint to the United Nations under Article 19 (freedom of expression) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
37. St. Mungo's has not been the only stumbling block for the Applicant and his wife during the last two-year period of their tenancy. They are convinced that if they did not have the status of clients of the Mayor of London's Rough Sleepers Initiative programme and housing association accommodation, they would have long been given notice to vacate. These are some examples (by no means exhaustive) that shed light on the high levels of persecution and opposition they have experienced during this period of their tenancy:
(i) After receiving a newsletter from Active Newham that sought volunteer befrienders for older or isolated residents in the community, the Applicant applied on 3 June 2016 to become a volunteer befriender. On 20 July 2016, following the intervention of his local councillor, he met with three senior officials from Newham Council. It is a matter of written record that he was told at this meeting that he would be informed of the date of the next befriending training session, however this has never happened. The Applicant has made several complaints of discrimination against Newham Council on the matter. All have fallen on deaf ears, even though he has recommendations for care work, one of which is written by a retired American physician, then based in London, who received his MD from Harvard Medical School (see Annex 18, p. 46).
(ii) Newham Council has twice suspended the Applicant's Housing Benefit following false notifications from the Department for Work and Pensions that he and his wife had vacated. The first notification, in October 2016, triggered a full-blown investigation by Newham Benefits Service. The Applicant produced a paginated bundle of 57 pages and additional documents and was interrogated for over an hour and a half by a senior council tax and benefits officer before the benefit was de-suspended. The second notification took effect the week before the Applicant's court hearing against St. Mungo's on 20 February 2017, and the benefit was only de-suspended the day after the hearing. The Applicant hasn't even been able to secure his and his wife's address from misconduct by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) staff, despite several high-level complaints related in part to an unauthorised update to their address by HMRC on 11 July 2017.
(iii) Facebook has waged a concerted campaign against the Applicant and his wife's Church and State website, which escalated in March 2018 with four blocks against the site for a total of 29 out of 31 days (see para. 40 below). There have also been 1,180 blocks on access to Church and State since 26 July 2016 due to internal error notifications that render the site inaccessible for generally one or two minutes (see para. 39 below) – a leading web hosting company, SiteGround, is paid $1,000 per year to host the site and manage the server. And the Applicant and his wife's home internet access – for which the Applicant pays Britain's leading telecommunications company, British Telecom, £850 per year – has been cut 184 times since 26 May 2017 (see para. 41 below). Despite all of this, in November 2017 the Church and State website topped more than 3 million hits over the previous eleven months.
Paragraph 37 of Declan's updated complaint to the United Nations under Article 19 (freedom of expression) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
37. St. Mungo's has not been the only stumbling block for the Applicant and his wife during the last two-year period of their tenancy. They are convinced that if they did not have the status of clients of the Mayor of London's Rough Sleepers Initiative programme and housing association accommodation, they would have long been given notice to vacate. These are some examples (by no means exhaustive) that shed light on the high levels of persecution and opposition they have experienced during this period of their tenancy:
(i) After receiving a newsletter from Active Newham that sought volunteer befrienders for older or isolated residents in the community, the Applicant applied on 3 June 2016 to become a volunteer befriender. On 20 July 2016, following the intervention of his local councillor, he met with three senior officials from Newham Council. It is a matter of written record that he was told at this meeting that he would be informed of the date of the next befriending training session, however this has never happened. The Applicant has made several complaints of discrimination against Newham Council on the matter. All have fallen on deaf ears, even though he has recommendations for care work, one of which is written by a retired American physician, then based in London, who received his MD from Harvard Medical School (see Annex 18, p. 46).
(ii) Newham Council has twice suspended the Applicant's Housing Benefit following false notifications from the Department for Work and Pensions that he and his wife had vacated. The first notification, in October 2016, triggered a full-blown investigation by Newham Benefits Service. The Applicant produced a paginated bundle of 57 pages and additional documents and was interrogated for over an hour and a half by a senior council tax and benefits officer before the benefit was de-suspended. The second notification took effect the week before the Applicant's court hearing against St. Mungo's on 20 February 2017, and the benefit was only de-suspended the day after the hearing. The Applicant hasn't even been able to secure his and his wife's address from misconduct by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) staff, despite several high-level complaints related in part to an unauthorised update to their address by HMRC on 11 July 2017.
(iii) Facebook has waged a concerted campaign against the Applicant and his wife's Church and State website, which escalated in March 2018 with four blocks against the site for a total of 29 out of 31 days (see para. 40 below). There have also been 1,180 blocks on access to Church and State since 26 July 2016 due to internal error notifications that render the site inaccessible for generally one or two minutes (see para. 39 below) – a leading web hosting company, SiteGround, is paid $1,000 per year to host the site and manage the server. And the Applicant and his wife's home internet access – for which the Applicant pays Britain's leading telecommunications company, British Telecom, £850 per year – has been cut 184 times since 26 May 2017 (see para. 41 below). Despite all of this, in November 2017 the Church and State website topped more than 3 million hits over the previous eleven months.
And the assault on my primary laptop has now gone one day shy of a record-equalling three weeks:
7 November: My laptop has been targeted since 2 November. We pay British Telecom £850 per year for broadband (WITH UPDATE - DAY 19 20/11/2018)
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8 May 2018: Threat to life: Updated complaint to the United Nations under Article 19 (freedom of expression) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Today we are cut off the internet for a half an hour
http://churchandstate.org.uk/honorary-associates/
