Welcome back Joana Morais!

by **Jill Havern** 06.06.15 14:57

Welcome back Joana Morais!

http://joana-morais.blogspot.com/

by joyce1938 06.06.15 15:13

Hallo Joanna good to have your input back here ,missed your mail ,take care joyce1938

by Joss 06.06.15 15:13

Excellent, Welcome back Joana, :flower:

by lj 06.06.15 15:54

by plebgate 06.06.15 17:21

Yes great news, this is one blogger I really am pleased to see again. clapping

by Angelique 07.06.15 1:25

Bravo to Joana and a big thank you from me for returning even though she had a lot of strife from various quarters.

I did miss her input of detailed information.

by Doug D 07.06.15 11:55

Welcome back Joana and it looks like it is not just to let us view the old blogs either:

.    Mari Welzel ‏‪@umweltbuerger 20h20 hours ago  Now we have : ‪http://joana-morais.blogspot.com/ back for some very good reading, super, missed your posts ‪@xklamation !
.    ‪#McCann
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Joana Morais ‏‪@xklamation 4h4 hours ago  ‪@umweltbuerger Obrigada :) still need a few days to catch up    12:15 AM - 7 Jun 2015 · Details

by **Tony Bennett** 07.06.15 12:34

@ xklamation

I join with others here Joana in welcoming you and your blog back into action.

It seems both of us have rather been taken to task for calling Operation Grange a shameful and expensive charade and a sham.

But every day that goes by tends to strengthen our case, doesn't it?

By the way, last week, IPSO - our Press Complaints body here - wrote to me in connection with one of my recent formal complaints about press coverage of the PJGA/GoFundMe fund-raising project. They asked for a copy of the full Portuguese Appeal Court judgment - the one on I think on 18 October 2010 that overturned the book ban on 'The Truth About A Lie'.

I sent them (this weekend), a copy of that judgment which is a very very important judgment indeed in all of this.

It's my belief (which I always acknowledge) that this was your translation, maybe with the help of two or three others.

If that is the case, and I think it is, can I thank you again on behalf of all British Madeleine-truth-seekers for that translation, for all your other translations, and indeed for all your other work in search of the truth in this case.

I can asure you that many of us over here make good use of all these translations as we continue to explore the many dark and secret aspects of this case.

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P.S. re Isabelle McFadden

Sorry to bring her up (so to speak), but we would all be a lot better off if McFadden went away and did a lot more reading up on the case before spouting a lot of nonsense on it. It would also be a jolly good idea if she stopped impersonating people on Twitter and elsewhere

by Guest 07.06.15 22:50

Joana's blog and the Madeleine Foundation were the only two venues I posted on in days of yore. I always relied on them as an excellent source of information that I could believe and trust.

I'm delighted and hope it will publish regular updates from Portugal - if and when of course.

by aiyoyo 08.06.15 6:38

Tony Bennett wrote:
By the way, last week, IPSO - our Press Complaints body here - wrote to me in connection with one of my recent formal complaints about press coverage of the PJGA/GoFundMe fund-raising project. They asked for a copy of the full Portuguese Appeal Court judgment - the one on I think on 18 October 2010 that overturned the book ban on 'The Truth About A Lie'.

I sent them (this weekend), a copy of that judgment which is a very very important judgment indeed in all of this.

Thanks for the update.
It's a rather strange request from them I must say. Not as if their subsequent/future reply would (have to) depend on that piece of judgement, or would it?
So I wonder why they need it (rhetorical question)?

I thought the complaint was regarding objection to the papers unjustly labelling people sick trolls. Perhaps all the commentaries on the Fund for Amaral is more appropriate for them to have. I remember reading mention that Pamalan has saved them all onto her blog site.

Joana, Good to see you back.

by Angelique 08.06.15 9:11

aiyoyo wrote:
Tony Bennett wrote:
By the way, last week, IPSO - our Press Complaints body here - wrote to me in connection with one of my recent formal complaints about press coverage of the PJGA/GoFundMe fund-raising project. They asked for a copy of the full Portuguese Appeal Court judgment - the one on I think on 18 October 2010 that overturned the book ban on 'The Truth About A Lie'.

I sent them (this weekend), a copy of that judgment which is a very very important judgment indeed in all of this.

Thanks for the update.
It's a rather strange request from them I must say. Not as if their subsequent/future reply would (have to) depend on that piece of judgement, or would it?
So I wonder why they need it (rhetorical question)?

I thought the complaint was regarding objection to the papers unjustly labelling people sick trolls. Perhaps all the commentaries on the Fund for Amaral is more appropriate for them to have. I remember reading mention that Pamalan has saved them all onto her blog site.

Joana, Good to see you back.

Tony and aiyoyo

I wonder if its ok to hi-jack your post quote and ask Tony if this is important insofar as in the past TM/or the MSM in general or articles supposedly from a source have stated "the banned Book"?

by **Tony Bennett** 08.06.15 9:35

Angelique wrote:
aiyoyo wrote:
Tony Bennett wrote:
By the way, last week, IPSO - our Press Complaints body here - wrote to me in connection with one of my recent formal complaints about press coverage of the PJGA/GoFundMe fund-raising project. They asked for a copy of the full Portuguese Appeal Court judgment - the one on I think on 18 October 2010 that overturned the book ban on 'The Truth About A Lie'.

I sent them (this weekend), a copy of that judgment which is a very very important judgment indeed in all of this.

Thanks for the update.
It's a rather strange request from them I must say. Not as if their subsequent/future reply would (have to) depend on that piece of judgement, or would it?
So I wonder why they need it (rhetorical question)?

I thought the complaint was regarding objection to the papers unjustly labelling people sick trolls. Perhaps all the commentaries on the Fund for Amaral is more appropriate for them to have. I remember reading mention that Pamalan has saved them all onto her blog site.

Joana, Good to see you back.
Tony and aiyoyo

I wonder if its ok to hi-jack your post quote and ask Tony if this is important insofar as in the past TM/or the MSM in general or articles supposedly from a source have stated "the banned Book"?

@ aiyoyo & @ Angelique

You'll recall I made three complaints (I have now made a fourth) about various recent Madeleine stories in the press - and I posted them up here for all to see.

In one of them I pointed out carefully that the British mainstream press was hailing the recent decision against Amaral as a great victory, but failing to point out that this was only a decision by a civil court at the lowest possible level (a bit like our County Court) - and that the Portuguese Appeal and Supreme Courts had long ago (2010 and 2011) overruled the previous banning decision and unbanned his book.

I also pointed out therefore that his appeal against the book ban was very likely to be successful - which the British press had failed to report.

Unfortunately IPSO frown upon people making public any ongoing correspondence about a complaint until it is finally resolved, so I can't reproduce it here.

In this case, the decision went against my complaint, but I exercised my right to appeal to a special IPSO complaints committee - and the matter is with them at the moment.

by Angelique 08.06.15 10:55

Tony

Thank you for the reply and explanation.

by whatsupdoc 08.06.15 20:13

Glad you're back, Joana. roses

by sallypelt 08.06.15 20:23

I have been away for a few days, and only got back today. I have just seen this thread for the first time, and I want to add to what has already been said, and that's WELCOME BACK, Joana. I have missed your no-nonsense approach to this case, and I look forward to reading your posts and blogs again. Mrs