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Who is David Hoile of the notorious European-Sudanese Public Affairs Council (ESPAC)?
Mr. Hoile has used a variety of organizations to give apparent substance to his interminable propaganda efforts. In addition to "The European-Sudanese Public Affairs Council," he also uses the name "British-Sudanese Public Affairs Council," and "Westminster Associates." The latter is important because, as the authoritative Africa Confidential has revealed in its most recent issue (Vol 42, No 17), "the parliamentary register of interests lists the client of [Westminster Associates] as the Sudan government."
The Sudan government is completely dominated by the extremist National Islamic Front; it is the regime responsible for the bombing of civilian and humanitarian targets throughout southern Sudan; it is the regime presently responsible for denying emergency humanitarian relief to tens of thousands of the most desperately needy people in the world; it is the regime that has been repeatedly and unambiguously found responsible for massive scorched-earth warfare in the oil regions of southern Sudan. Those who have reached this latter conclusion include: Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the last three UN Special Rapporteurs for Sudan, Christian Aid (UK), the Harker Mission of the Canadian Government, and numerous others.
But Mr. Hoile is clearly happy to take money from this brutal regime. Is there anything in Mr. Hoile's character that could account for a willingness to work for such savagely cruel paymasters? As it happens, The Guardian, Britain's most distinguished newspaper, has recently given us a couple of rather clear glimpses of Mr. Hoile's twisted soul in the "Diary" entries of Matthew Norman (August 29, 2001 and August 30, 2001).
Perhaps most revealing is Mr. Norman's acerbic inquiry of August 30th:
"When we speak to David [Hoile of ESPAC] to discuss some recollections readers have been sharing about him, he keeps asking if we can provide a photograph of him wearing a hilarious "Hang Mandela" badge or T-shirt. Can anyone help?"
Perhaps you had to be there with David Hoile of ESPAC to see the humor of wishing Nelson Mandela to be executed.
In any event, Talisman Energy of Canada sees something of value in David Hoile's perceptions: they have used his materials in communicating with the news media about the situation in Sudan, where they are the direct beneficiaries of the scorched-earth warfare that has been so authoritatively established. Mr. Hoile's propagandistic denials of these realities are evidently just what they want to hear. Perhaps in their views of Africa they share more yet with this profiteering bit of human viciousness.
----Eric Reeves
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From The Guardian (UK)
"Diary"
Matthew Norman
Wednesday August 29, 2001
The Guardian
Iain Duncan Smith may have sacked that Monday Clubber Andrew Hunter from his team, but what of his researcher David Hoile? In his other post, as director of the British-Sudanese public affairs council, Dr Hoile lobbies ceaselessly for a government fabled for its systematic abuse of human rights. Dr Hoile, who promoted British involvement in that engaging oil pipeline project, routinely dismisses the regime's atrocities and writes letters attacking critics such as our own Julie Flint, who this month highlighted how new oil revenues are being used to buy missiles. A safe Tory seat for Dr Hoile, then, if such a thing should exist under IDS.
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"Diary"
Matthew Norman
Thursday August 30, 2001
The Guardian
What a popular chap is Dr David Hoile, the researcher for sacked IDS campaigner Andrew Hunter MP who doubles up as a professional apologist for Sudanese human rights abuses. David is particularly fondly remembered from his days at Warwick University in the early to mid 80s when he was chairman of the Federation of Conservative Students, the group eventually disbanded by spoilsport Norman Tebbit for being too barkingly rightwing. When we speak to David to discuss some recollections readers have been sharing about him, he keeps asking if we can provide a photograph of him wearing a hilarious "Hang Mandela" badge or T-shirt. Can anyone help?
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| Slavery and Abduction | bayan | 10-02-03, 07:43 PM |
| Re: Slavery and Abduction | Roada | 10-02-03, 11:20 PM |
| Re: Slavery and Abduction | SAMIR IBRAHIM | 10-02-03, 11:29 PM |
| Re: Slavery and Abduction | أحمد أمين | 10-02-03, 11:36 PM |
| Re: Slavery and Abduction | bayan | 10-03-03, 02:26 AM |
| Re: Slavery and Abduction | Deng | 10-03-03, 00:43 AM |
| Re: Slavery and Abduction | Deng | 10-03-03, 00:46 AM |
| Re: Slavery and Abduction | Abomihyar | 10-03-03, 03:21 AM |
| Re: Slavery and Abduction | kamalabas | 10-03-03, 04:03 AM |
| Re: Slavery and Abduction | عشة بت فاطنة | 10-03-03, 09:17 AM |
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