[Politech] Spain bans Ogrish.com over Madrid train bombing images [fs]

From: Declan McCullagh (declan@private)
Date: Thu Oct 28 2004 - 04:23:49 PDT


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Subject: 	Spain Bans Ogrish.com Over March 11 Madrid Train Bombing Images
Date: 	Sat, 23 Oct 2004 07:48:36 -0700
From: 	Ogrish Webmaster <contact@private>
To: 	<declan@private>



Spain Bans Ogrish.com Over March 11 Madrid Train Bombing Images



Spain recently banned Ogrish.com because we posted uncensored images of
the march 11 terror attack in madrid.

What is everything coming to...censor is not a good thing.



Original Article:
http://www.abc.es/abc/pg041022/actualidad/nacional/terrorismo/200410/22/olmo.asp



The translated article:



11-M. - Of the Elm tree closing a North American page Web with crude
images of the massacre that consist in the summary MADRID, 22 Oct.
(EUROPE PRESS) - The judge of the National Hearing Juan of the Elm tree,
instructor of the cause of the attacks of past 11 of March in Madrid,
today ordered the Judicial Police that undertakes the necessary
performances so that the activities of the page stop Web www.ogrish.com,
whose servant is in the United States, that offers images of victims of
11-M which they emphasize by his crudity. These images have been
built-in for a long time to the summary of the attacks, reason why it
does not discard that the magistrate undertakes an investigation with
the purpose of finding out who has filtered them allowing that can see
any person them through Internet. On a car, Of the Elm tree he
substantiates his decision leaning on article 579 of the Law of Criminal
Judgment, that indicates that the judge will be able to decide the
intervention or observation the telephone communications (Internet
arrives through the telephone line), in relation to article 18 of the
Spanish Constitution, that guarantees the right to the honor, the
privacy and the own image of the people. In the page Web www.ogrish.com
34 photographies of great quality and "exclusivas" can be seen;,
according to the people in charge of same, with images of mutilated
bodies and the people destroyed by the pumps of past 11 of March
announce. In addition, the Web he includes a video with images of the
victims of the attacks. The objective of Of the Elm tree with this
measurement is that activities stop that are damaging the honor of the
victims, informed sources next to their Court. The magistrate knew of
the existence of this page Web through a communication received in the
National Hearing by an anonymous citizen, who denounced the facts. The
same sources indicated that Of the Elm tree, that appreciated the
citizen collaboration, it responds this way to the "necesidad to
safeguard the pain víctimas" of the massacre. With his performance, it
tries to give answer through a jurisdictional performance to the pain
that can cause to see these images victims and relatives of deceaseds 11-M.



Yours sincerely Dan Klinker
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