Petition updateImported Honey to be banned ...I have lost my freedom of Speech
Simon MulvanyMelbourne, Australia
15 Jun 2017
European Court of Human Rights "In a democratic society even small and informal campaign groups, must be able to carry on their activities effectively and that there exists a strong public interest in enabling such groups and individuals outside the mainstream to contribute to the public debate by disseminating information and ideas on matters of general public interest such as health and the environment." — ECJR judgement, Capilano Honey Limited, a listed public company are Australia’s largest importer of honey have taken me to the Supreme Court. I have been critical of the corporation who import millions of kilos honey from China but do not put China on any of their labels. I had to remove a video taken of one of their contract beekeepers speaking about and feeding his bees Chinese pollen at one of Capilano's heating and blending facilities. Bee lovers around the planet have helped fund my legal but my previous gofundme page and all my social media posts on this issue had to be taken down. This is prior to any of the articles being reviewed by a judge. I am not even allowed to share admissions made by Capilano ltd. This means unless the judge alters the orders I will have to tackle the global honey corporation without #funding. Corporations are expressly not allowed sue an individual in defamation so in this case they have used their CEO as the plaintiff. In the past year I have had numerous friendly conversations CEO Ben McKee. Ben assured me we were well past any personal issues. Ben and I had been working on a project to tackle suicide prevention and depression suffered by farmers and commercial beekeepers. It is common knowledge that imported honey can harbour diseases like American Foul Brood and is a biosecruity risk. Glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide, is the most used agricultural chemical in history — and was recently classified as a probable human carcinogen — but the Australia remains largely in the dark about just how much glyphosate residue is found in honey. The case against me is a violation of my freedom of speech. I fell an obligation to the 39000 people who have signed this change.org petition requesting country of origin to be required on honey. I believe a beekeeper’s relationship to bees should be a symbiotic one so I created a honey map to inform honey consumers where they can be sure they are not buying industrial honey. https://goo.gl/5Av8vo Honey laundering is to hide, disguise or legitimise the true origin of honey or treatment of bees by deceptive labelling, blending or filtering. Cartoon by Macca "Herald Sun"
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