-What happened/ The facts:
On last 16th of June the Burmese pro-democracy campaigner, Aung San Suu Kyi, has finally given her acceptance speech for the Nobel Peace Prize, 21 years after it was awarded1.
In 1991, she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize but she couldn't go to receive the prize because she was under house arrest (imprisonment lasted almost 24 years). She was freed in late 2010.
-What BBC points out from the speech:
BBC highlights different parts of her speech in two reports about Aung San Suu Kyi's Nobel Speech .
In the first, entitled Suu Kyi says Nobel award meant Burma was not forgotten2, there is reproduced the part of speech in which she talks about the importance of Universal Declaration of Human Rights; in particular she appoints two highlights of Declaration:
“[...]disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind, and the advent of a world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and want has been proclaimed as the highest aspirations of the common people [...]”
“[...] it is essential, if man is not to be compelled to have recourse, as a last resort, to rebellion against tyranny and oppression, that human rights should be protected by the rule of law[...]”.
In these she has found her strength. She believes that democratic institutions and practices are necessary for the guarantee of human rights.
Now we can see the fruit of the endeavours of those who believe in democracy and in the human rights.
She continues the speech telling that we have to have faith in the future but she warns against blind faith and she urges the unconditional release of all political prisoners, saying "one prisoner of conscience is one too many".
The article also underlines the importance that San Suu Kyi has and has had for Universal peace. The Thorbjorn Jagland (Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee) opening ceremony words are very significant:
“In your isolation you have become a moral voice for the whole world”
“a precious gift to the world community”.
One of the most important thing that the article points out is what had meant for San Suu Kyi receiving Nobel prize.
The prize it is like“a door in her heart”
“Winning the Nobel Peace Prize made her real once again. It had drawn her back into the wider human community”.
“The Nobel Peace Prize has drew the attention of the world to the struggle for democracy and human rights in Burma”.
“Burma was not going to be forgotten”
We find this part of speech in the second BBC's service “Suu Kyi in Oslo for Nobel speech” reported by Fergal Keane. He talks about Burma's transition and about violence in the north of the country. Here we find also an interview with Suu Kyi where she confirms her optimism about Burma's political future but not a blind optimism. We have to be aware of the challenges that still lie ahead.
For the journalist this is the day of her celebration.
BBC gives much importance to San Suu Kyi. We can understand it through various articles dedicated to her.
On BBC site we have also a specific page about her profile and her history (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11685977).
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1 Fergal Keane, Suu Kyi in Oslo for Nobel speech in http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-18471439
2 Suu Kyi says Nobel award meant Burma was not forgotten in http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18464946
3 A part of Suu Kyi Nobel speech in Suu Kyi says Nobel award meant Burma was not forgotten inhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18464946
New Hampshire
On BBC News Magazine the journalist Kate Dailey explained in her article that women with their vote have made win Obama and at the same time lose Romney.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20231337
“When Republican candidates were caught making clumsy statements about rape and abortion, their supporters called the ensuing uproar a "distraction" from the real issues.
But in this election, it became abundantly clear that women's issues are not fringe issues, and women are not a special interest group. Instead it was women who cast the bulk of the votes this election - 53%, and women who proved the deciding factor, breaking in Barack Obama's favour by 11 percentage points.
At the same time, a historic number of female representative were elected, including the first openly gay senator (Tammy Baldwin, Wisconsin), the first Asian-American female senator (Mazie Hirono, Hawaii) and the first female military veteran wounded in combat (Representative Tammy Duckworth, Illinois)”.( Kate Dailey, US election: Women are the new majority, BBC News Magazine, Washington)
The article appoints the peculiar case of New Hampshire’s elections. New Hampshire will be the first state to send an all-female delegation to Congress. This is an historic result but in the article this is only mentioned.
For BBC it is more important pointing out the different approach that the two parties have had with female electorate. We can see a criticism of how Republicans have made their campaign. They didn’t have considered women power and their point of view.
“Mitt Romney, to his credit, tried to tap into the power of female votes during the campaign by promising that a strong economy would mean better wages for women and more opportunity for female advancement. It wasn't enough. Women, says the pollster Norm Ornstein, are just as concerned with the economy as men. But their view of the economy tends to be more complex - they want both a robust employment rate and a strong social safety net if things go wrong.”(Kate Dailey, US election: Women are the new majority, BBC News Magazine, Washington)
The trump card is precisely this. In Democratic Party the majority is constituted by female and minority candidates. They are women who talk to women. In Republican Party we have many fewer women.
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In 2008, Mr Obama gained a higher percentage of the male vote (49%) and a similar percentage of the female vote (56%).
However, there was a division between married and unmarried women: 53% of married women voted for the Republican candidate, while Mr Obama won unmarried women two-to-one: 67% to 31%.
Overall, women make up more of the electorate - 53% - slightly more than their share of the US population.
These women made up 23% of the electorate this year, and they broke overwhelmingly for Obama, 67-31. (Married women preferred Romney 53-46.)( Kate Dailey, US election: Women are the new majority, BBC News Magazine, Washington)
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Annecy shootings
Annecy's massacre
BBC:
On 13rd September 2012 BBC did a short summary of what happened the last 5th September near the Annecy lake.
It points out the possibility that the murder could be linked with Saddam Hussein. The article talks about an "Iraqi link".
On 27th September BBC did a radio report about Annecy killings
In the next article, on 4th October, BBC did an interview with chief prosecutor Eric Maillaud.
He said that there is no hope of solving the murders in the near future.
On 19th October the BBC's report explains that police believes that the cyclist found dead at the scene was shot first, according to a leaked provisional scenario.
The police thinks also that the killer has worked alone but without much logic and that the identity or motive of killings hasen't been cleared yet.
On 22nd October BBC did an interview with the uncle of a woman shot. He thinks that the French prosecutor also focused on the family without presenting any evidence. In his opinion it is a kind of wild speculation.
It also did a summary of provisional scenario.
On BBC news there aren't more information about this murder.
I notice that BBC doesn't highlight the link with Iraq or Saddam. Instead, the broadcaster is very cautious and it prefers to concentrate the report about how the massacre was done on the dynamics.
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