The book “Volver a los diecisiete. Diario de Miguel Enríquez” will appear in a few weeks, published in Italy by Libertarian Books Europe. This is the author’s foreword, reminiscent of my early encounters I had with the leader of the Revolutionary Left Movement (MIR) – the main force of resistance to Pinochet’s military dictatorship in […]
EU’s censorship on freedom of speech overrides democracy, ignores UN Chart on Human Rights for All
Reviewing European Union’s disregard of essential rules in democratic governing – Prologue to my newly released book “Human Rights for All“. By Emeritus Professor Marcello Ferrada de Noli – Medicine doktor – Profesor de Filosofía – Founder of the NGO Swedish Professors and Doctors for Human Rights (SWEDHR) Some argue that Charles-Louis de […]
The melodramatic European summit in London on Ukraine, and the consequences it will not have
Non-democratic, non-serious European elites, ask others to defend, in the name of their long lost liberal principles, a non-existent Ukrainian democracy. It appears as triple contradiction of terms. And to no avail. It is a saber rattling without sabers, in a battlefield they have no chance of survival. Ultimately, as things stands, the peace will […]
Why Russia had to invade Ukraine?
Image above: Mikhail Gorbachev and Helmuth Khol in 1989 This article outlines the reasons why the 2022 Russian invasion should be considered an existential act of self-defence. By Prof. Marcello Ferrada de Noli. Emeritus Professor of Epidemiology, esp. injury epidemiology (Sweden). The Indicter chief-editor. I Since the supreme human right is the right to […]
Illiberal media? Part 5 in the series deconstructing “Black knight NGOs and international disinformation”
By Prof. Marcello Ferrada de Noli. Emeritus Professor of Epidemiology, esp. injury epidemiology, MED.DR. (Karolinska Institute, Sweden). Founder, Swedish Professors and Doctors for Human Rights (SWEDHR). Fmr. main affiliations: Karolinska Institutet, Dept clinical neuroscience & Dept social medicine; Harvard Medical School, Dept social medicine. Authors Karina Shyrokykh and Martin Kragh [1] describe “Black knight NGOs” […]
Part 4. SWEDHR analyses on the Khan Shaykhun and Sarmin allegations by the White Helmets were correct and verifiable. Debunking Kragh’s & Shyrokykh’s disinformation
Part 4 in the series “Karina Shyrokykh & Martin Kragh Disinforming About Disinformation”* (Part 1 here) (Part 2 here) (Part 3 here) By Marcello Ferrada de Noli. Professor Emeritus of Epidemiology, esp. injury epidemiology, MED.DR. (Karolinska Institute, Sweden). Founder, Swedish Professors and Doctors for Human Rights (SWEDHR) Setting the record straight about 1) What The […]
What is “Disinformation” According to The Experts in Disinforming? Part 3 in the series about Karina Shyrokykh’s and Martin Kragh’s “Black knight NGOs and international disinformation”
What is disinformation and what is information? How to know who is disinforming and, conversely, informing ethically and adequately? What information and disinformation do? The present section deals with flawed theoretical issues as appeared in “Black knight NGOs and international disinformation”. Disinformation Experts doing their speciality: Disinforming. By Prof. Med.dr. Marcello Ferrada de Noli. Emeritus […]
Credibility in Publishing: Does ‘Perceived Legitimacy’ Outweigh Factual Accuracy?
Part 2 in the series “Karina Shyrokykh & Martin Kragh Disinforming About Disinformation”* (Part 1 here) (Part 3 here) (Part 4 here) By Prof. Marcello Ferrada de Noli. Emeritus professor of epidemiology, esp. injury epidemiology. Med.dr. (Karolinska Institute, Sweden). Fmr. principal affiliations: Karolinska Institutet, Dept of clinical neuroscience and Dept of social medicine; Harvard Medical […]
Deconstructing Karina Shyrokykh’s & Martin Kragh’s “Black knight NGOs and international disinformation”. Part 1
By Prof. Marcello Ferrada de Noli. Emeritus professor of epidemiology, esp. injury epidemiology, MED.DR. (Karolinska Institute, Sweden), fmr. Research fellow at Harvard Medical School. Founder, Swedish Professors and Doctors for Human Rights (SWEDHR). Part 1. Introduction * (Part 2 here) (Part 3 here) (Part 4 here) (Part 5 here) In “Black knight NGOs and international […]
On recent alarms of Marburg virus outbreak
No evidence Marburg virus is airborne, like COVID-19. However the case fatality rate for Marburg virus disease is much higher. It is reported that in certain areas of Africa can be reach up to 80%. In countries like in Europe –or others with a similar developed health care– mortality rate is much less, and estimated […]