"It's not just a few experts who are critical of the final report, but practically the entire national and international seafaring world has a different understanding [of the sinking of Estonia] than the theory presented by JAIC. This criticism demands answers not silence."
- Swedish Ship Officers' Association
PRESS RELEASE
International Symposium
on the Sinking of Estonia
An international symposium to commemorate the 852 victims and examine the facts on the 11th year anniversary of the Estonia catastrophe.
The public and media are invited to take part in this historic event at:
The National Library of Estonia
Tõnismägi 2, Tallinn
27 September 2005
10:00 - 17:00
Tel: (+372) 630-7611
Among the international maritime experts and researchers
presenting critical new evidence and facts are:
· Anders Björkman, M.Sc., naval architect and marine engineer, France
· Sven Anér, publisher of Palme-nytt, worked in 1948-62 as a reporter for the Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter and in 1963-71 at the Swedish TV and Radio
· F. Gregg Bemis Jr., MBA, member of the Marine Forensic Panel, SNAME; leader of the Estonia expedition 2000, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
· Marek Blus, master mariner, researcher of Jan Heweliusz ferry catastrophe, editorial member of the Polish maritime magazine The Seas, Merchant Vessels and Naval Ships, Poland
· Lars Ångström, Swedish Green Party Member of Parliament, Sweden
· Evelyn Sepp, Member of Parliament, vice-chairman of the Riigikogu Committee of Investigation to Ascertain the Circumstances Related to the Export of Military Equipment from the Territory of the Republic of Estonia on the Ferry Estonia in 1994, currently completing its investigation
· Bertil Calamnius, AgnEf - the Working Group for Investigating the MV Estonia Shipwreck; the organizer of the two prior Estonia seminars, Sweden
· Jutta Rabe, film producer and TV- journalist, author of 14 documentaries made for Spiegel TV about Estonia, Germany
· Christopher Bollyn, investigative journalist reporting for American Free Press, Washington, D.C., USA
And others
The results of the official (JAIC) investigation into the sinking of Estonia, have caused serious concern among the international maritime experts who are professionally engaged with issues of safety at sea. Many of these experts have called for a new independent investigation.
Please register by e-mail to: info@elaestonia.org
before September 20.
For more information, please visit:
http://www.elaestonia.org/eng/index.php?module=lingid&link=161
To arrange an interview with speakers
please contact Mrs. Helje Kaskel
Chairman, Estonia Litigation Association
by e-mail: ela_estonia@yahoo.se
www.elaestonia.org
See you all in Tallinn!
From the protocol of the Swedish parliamentary debate 30 May 2002:
" ...by manipulations ... [of the casualty report] ... the conclusions have become totally opposite to the real ones. The natural reaction to such a revelation in a nation governed by law must be that the government immediately decides to investigate the circumstances around the manipulations. Instead it puts the lid on. Can this be compatible with the demands of a nation governed by law?
Self-evident questions that now do not get any answers are therefore:
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Why has [the casualty report] been manipulated?
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By whom has [it] been manipulated?
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On whose behalf has it been done?
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Who knows the client?
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Why is the government against investigating the manipulation?
By leaving these questions without answers, the Estonia matter has developed into a bigger legal scandal than the Bofors* affaire at its time. Then, the government assured that the laundry should be washed. Now, however, that didn't happen /.../ In the Estonia affaire they pretend it is not the case.
Once again the citizens feel how the nation of law stops functioning when fears of suspicions of crime are pointing in a troublesome direction for the government.'
--Statement by Björn von der Esch, a member of the Swedish Parliament (Christian democrat) in the debate 30 May 2002
* the sale of guns to India in the 1980's
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2005.08.28 Press Release
