Author: Michel Baljet

"I am Michel Baljet, a Dutch journalist and researcher. My travel has taken me across continents and into conflict zones, where I was regularly in the right place at the wrong time. I am driven by the desire to discover the truth and provide impartial reporting, even if that means immersing myself completely in the most challenging landscapes of our society. I am currently in a period of medical rehabilitation. Despite this temporary setback, I remain resolute in my work, using this time to write about current events and share thought-provoking pieces from my extensive archive. As always, I stand ready to dive back into the wonderful waste heaps of our society as soon as I am able to do so again.

13 and pregnant. Fortunately, she is not alone

Your father left you with your mother at a young age, you are doing well in school but you still have a few years to go before you are ready. Your future plans? you are just beginning to think about that, why the rush - you have a whole life ahead of you. Your mother works [...]

[The door stays shut. Could they be dead?

For months, I've been watching them as they play on the street, try to make money on the side by renting parking spots or with a customer walking into their house, looking for a new adventure. A few days ago, three men left the house early. The gate in front of their front door was [...].

[DUTCH] Ecuador fights for internet freedom and wins #InternetLibre

As of today, in terms of protecting Internet freedom, Ecuador is not only known as the guardian angel of Assange and Snowden, among others, but they have taken another big step in protecting Internet freedom. Today it was decided to remove Article 474 (Retention of data and reports.) from COIP (Organic Penal [...]

No five-star hotel in New Street

At the end of February this year, the municipality of Breda announced plans for a hotel in the former monastery on Nieuwstraat. Because I have been following the developments around the Nieuwstraat for some time, I wrote a column about this a few weeks ago. At that time I was mainly concerned whether the agreements made with the sisters [....]

New Street file: The files (last update 20/04/2012 12:04)

On this page I will upload all the files that I receive through the different channels regarding the purchase, sale and resale of the nieuwstraat (the former monastery) in Breda last update: 20 April 2012 08:50 Via a third party (not the municipality) I have received a number of documents (document 1 to 5) these are cadastre [...]

So then on the backs of our dead sisters?

Breda's Board of B&W is reacting rabidly to HERMON BV's new plans. But wait, is this ethically correct? "The buildings and the chapel on Nieuwstraat will undergo an unimaginable metamorphosis next year" that was the prediction of the owners of WSG (housing foundation Geertruidenberg) in 2007. This prediction has come true. The properties (the former [...]

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