Thank You Note
4 Dec 2011
Dear friends,
My name is Gonçalo Amaral. I am a former Criminal Investigation Coordinator, and the author of the book “Maddie – The Truth about the Lie”, written with the purpose of contributing to the discovery of material truth and the performance of justice, and under the perspective of reinstating my reputation that was blackened in public.
This book was written under the use of my full rights, and stands as a technical opinion that is based on facts, indications and events that are part of the process that underlies the investigation into the mysterious disappearance of Madeleine McCann.
In September this year, an injunction was granted without previously hearing the defendant, based on lies and abusive interpretations of the intentions that were behind the creation of said book.
In order to render the defence of my rights more difficult, a request for damages worth 1.200.000 euros was filed, followed by the arrest of rights and goods.
The strategy of those who continue to dirty us was simple: the man is silenced, and the path to influence attitudes and behaviours, through the manipulation of public opinion at their pleasure, is opened. A campaign to discredit and to misinform is under way, at the same time as they try to asphyxiate us financially, in order to win the case without having to go to trial.
We will not conform to the limitation of our fundamental rights, through unconstitutional judicial decisions that put the responsible exercise of free expression at stake.
I thank all those who over the last couple of years have supported me, and who have signed the public petitions over the last days, as well as those who, through financial effort towards the recently created fund and a demonstration of solidarity, have reinforced my belief in the defence of values that should shape modern and democratic societies, freedom of expression, the discovery of the truth and the performance of justice.
As far as I’m concerned, I commit myself to embody the hopes of all of you, and not to give up, despite the survival of my own family being at stake, but the defence of those values and principles is essential.
To all, a heartfelt thank you.
Portimão, 2009-12-03
Gonçalo Amaral
50 comments to “Thank You Note”
on 6/12/09 11:18 AM
MR AMARAL , THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND OWE YOU THEIR THANKS FOR ALL THE HARD WORK YOU HAVE DONE. I WILL DO MY BEST TO MAKE SURE THE TRUTH IS KNOWN IN ENGLAND .GARY WYATT
on 9/12/09 4:34 PM
God bless you Sr Amaral and long may you fight for justice for Maddie xxxx
on 12/12/09 12:39 AM
Thank you and Good Luck Sr Amaral.
on 15/12/09 9:07 AM
Mr. Amaral, I respect and admire you for your determination to bring Justice for that poor little girl. Our Best Wishes are with you, your Wife and your Family. With 28 yrs. experience behind you, you are nobodys fool.
All the Vey Best,
Reta-Anne Wiseman
on 5/1/10 3:17 PM
Mr Amaral you are a Man amongst Men, the UK will find out what happened but only through your hard work, thank you Mr Amaral.
Very best wishes to you and your family for 2010
Lilly
on 5/1/10 6:35 PM
Senor Amaral - you have friends and supporters across the world who will do everything in their power, however small, to help you in your fight for truth and justice. Hold fast.
on 6/1/10 5:46 PM
My warmest best wishes to you as well as my respect and admiration.
Good luck in your quest to make the truth heard
HMW
on 6/1/10 8:20 PM
You are a great man as is anyone who supports the truth especially when a child is involved
My best wishes go to you and your family.
RWO
on 7/1/10 1:43 AM
My sincere best wishes and gratitude for you dedication and determination.
May God bless you and guide you.
Mary (from Canada)
on 8/1/10 11:36 AM
With all best wishes for your success next week
Kay
ENGLAND
on 10/1/10 10:42 AM
Dear Gonçalo
Todos mis mejores deseos para mañana y para una VICTORIA GARANTIZADA
Coraje y FUERZA!
Un abrazo
on 11/1/10 2:47 PM
Dear Mr.Amaral,I wish you every success and thank you for not giving up on truth and justice for Madeleine.
on 12/1/10 4:14 PM
Thank you so much for your determination and courage.You have my greatest respect and admiration. The people of the U.K. will find out the truth one day thanks to you, and we will also discover why our dispicable government has been trying to cover up the truth about this case for so long.
Best wishes to you and your family, they should be so proud of you.
on 15/1/10 11:04 AM
Good Morning Mr. Amaral,
This Libel Case against you should have been quashed this week. Portugual have been more than fair to these neglectful parents,while you have suffered. Bring it to an end ,please Mr. Amaral.
With Very Best Wishes always.
Reta-Anne Wiseman
on 15/1/10 7:53 PM
The truth will out.
good luck to you snr
on 16/1/10 5:52 AM
Dear Mr. Amaral
I think you are wonderful and a very brave man. GOD BLESS you, and good luck to you and
your Family.
on 16/1/10 2:16 PM
Good luck to you.Your determination shows you have great faith in the truth, Dont give up.
on 16/1/10 10:14 PM
I am with you all the way.
Good luck.
If the McCans had paid as much attention to Madeleine as they are hounding you...
on 17/1/10 9:10 AM
Dear Mr. Amaral, in the name of a lot of people from Germany I would like to submit you our best wishes for the fight of justice. God bless you. Unfortunately the most of our German media have reported Pro-McCann, too. But we do not believe this brain-washing nonsense.
Best regards Lydia
on 20/1/10 4:51 PM
Sir
From the very beginning of this sad story, my instinct told me and still tells me the parents are probably guilty.
I have been very chocked by the way they started to raise money so fast and so much, as running a business.
You are courageous and right in your project. Don't give it up. Kids are to be protected.
on 23/1/10 11:00 AM
Mr. Amaral, I live in Portugal, I know the Portuguese soul and since I heard the news that a little girl had been abducted from an apartment I thought " esta historia está mal contada". If the story was true... it had to be a foreigner, never a Portuguese.
As the story came along, it was so obvious that the parents and friends were involved, that the only thing that confused me a little was the Judiciaria saying the parents were not suspicious. I even thought it could be a way to let them fill confident and wait for them to make a movement
it could let to their arrest.
Mr. Amaral, if there is something that really works properly in this country is the Judiciaria, we all know that. I am so sorry that the " manda chuvas" didn´t support you, it is a very sad sample for the rest of the officers that work so hard to keep us all safe. No doubt that the order came from the political side.
I still wonder " who" is Gery Mccann??? How comes he got all this " media cover" ? How comes he call England before calling the GNR???
How comes he and his frigid wife didn´t run desperatly seeking for Madeleine the night she disappear?
Too many incomprehensible questions that even for a not very brilliant mind brings NO doubt about who is guilty.
I have your first book, it is absurd and pathetic that they seek to forbid us to read it.
You have all my support, I will sign any petition you want me to sign, I will ask all my friends to do the same and if there is justice you will win!
on 29/1/10 8:26 PM
Although I cannot speak or read Portuguese, I have a copy of your book The English Gag. One day Snr Amaral I will buy your books in English in ENGLAND.
Until that day comes my friend, Rest assured the free World is watching the attempted humiliation of yourself, by two negligent parents,who are aided by sinister and corrupt people with hidden agenda. Control of the internet, free speech and expression being just three of the controls that spring to mind.
An Englishman
on 7/2/10 4:20 PM
Snr.Amaral, Greetings and best wishes from Britain ! Your fight for Truth and Justice touches us all. To see an honest man pursued by people like the Dreadful McCanns simply because he will not be silenced,is an affront to all with decent values and instincts. As a Father and Grandfather,the cold and deliberate neglect of three little children by their parents, sickens me ! Then,to attempt to destroy the reputation of the man who led the search for their missing child,because he does'nt accept their "Theory" of abduction,adds insult to injury ! Truth and Freedom of Speech is the foundation of a Democracy,it could be that Portugal's Democracy is in your hands. Be strong for Portugal and Freedom !
on 10/2/10 4:17 AM
Greetings from NY/Metro Area. We are in a blizzard, but, I am thinking of you. Viva Goncalo! They are bullies, just plain old school yard bullies. Thanks for standing up to them..
xxxooo
on 10/2/10 5:53 AM
Dear Dr. Amaral - I wish you all the best tomorrow in the court in Lisbon. We just can't have freedom of speech supressed by those who have a mighty machine with financial backing and spin doctors behind them who don't care for the truth. Money doesn't buy the truth. I just hope the judge has common sense on her side.
I will be thinking of you tomorrow.
Yours, a friend in the USA
on 10/2/10 11:28 AM
Dear Sr Amaral
I wish you good luck in your court appearance today fighting for freedom of speech and the truth of what happened to Madeleine McCann. There are many, many people behind you, stay strong.
I have been following this case since 3 May 2007, the McCanns never cease to amaze me with their constant spin, millionaire backers, super injunctions, super injunctions to stop anyone being told about super injuctions, blaming everyone but themselves for the disappearance of Madeleine.
Kind regards from the UK.
on 10/2/10 7:38 PM
Dr Amaral,
People fight for many causes in this life, and strive for many goals. To fight for someone else's truth is the most selfless of those.
To fight for it in the face of lies and manipulation from the very people who took that truth and turned it into the lies with which they clothe themselves, also takes great courage and fortitude.
Good luck, Goncalo. The truth will prevail, as will you.
on 10/2/10 8:18 PM
Dear Dr Amaral and Portugal ,As a great grandmother in England may I say thankyou and God Bless you, Please accept my apololgise for what my sad country has done,,I feel ashamed ,
on 11/2/10 8:51 AM
Thank you for your courage Goncalo, without you these neglectful parents would have total control over their story and indeed that is what it is, a work of fiction.
I am embarrased and deeply ashamed that the UK police do not have your strength and high morals and that individuals within the police and the government care more about their carear progression than they do about an innocnet defenseless little girl.
All the best to you and your family, god bless you.
DadOfTwo
on 13/2/10 3:57 PM
Mr Amaral,
Thank you for your courage, you have all my support.
The truth is powerful,
I wish you good luck on thursday,
All the best to you and your family.
Twinmother
on 18/2/10 4:30 PM
Mr. Amaral,
I hope there is a reason behind this decision made today,and that it is to do with a future Trial. This may seem a set-back for you,but in the end Justice will prevail for that little girl and it will be brought about because of you.Please keep on going,the Truth always wins in the end.
With Very Best Wishes,
Reta-Anne Wiseman
on 18/2/10 10:54 PM
Hats off to the mcspams they got off with child neglect, hiding the death and killing free speech,
Keep fighting, the British press are scum
GMKOMD
Glasgow
on 19/2/10 12:36 AM
Considering the size and reach of the powers who appear to have been backing the McCanns since day one, I should not have been surprised by this outcome. However, like many others, I find myself unusually depressed by this. It reminds me of the Hutton Inquiry.
I pray Mr. Amaral will continue his fight knowing that we are all behind him, and that the truth will come out.
on 19/2/10 1:27 AM
Snr Amaral,the decision to-day is beyond my comprehension,and an absolute affront to free speech.Anyone who does not depend on UK media for their news,will be truly behind you. Sadly not all know it's McCann propoganda we are fed here.Truly sickening, though many are seeing through the lies.
It is sad you have been landed with this burden, just for doing your job.I admire you for not giving up, and also pray you keep strong for your family who need you in good health.
I feel so angry the bullies try to imply we can't think for ourselves and had not made our own minds up about the Mcs long ago. Too many instances to list from day 1. God speed.
Patricia.
on 19/2/10 7:07 PM
@ GMKOMD GLASGOW, i could not agree with you more the british press and media are utter scum(this is from a ashamed British person) they have been disgusting about you Mr Amaral and all i can say is i am so sorry you have been made the scapegoat for the protection of the vile Mccanns. I was waiting on tender hooks on thursday hoping you would win but i should have known corruption would be to blame in the end for this verdict, for the last 3 years goverment, judge's, media press have all protected these child neglectors(at the very least) and you have been the only one who has had the guts to take them on, Mr Amaral you are a decent, honourable man and i hope God keeps you and your family safe and i thank you for trying your best to get justice for a sweet innocent little girl who our press and the Mccanns have forgotton about.
on 19/2/10 7:31 PM
Please keep going it must be so frustrating at times like this but the corruption will eventually be exposed. You are a true hero only those who fear you call you names.
on 19/2/10 7:49 PM
Sr. Amaral. Tiocfaidh do lá - Your day will come. Força Gonçalo!
on 19/2/10 7:53 PM
I have been following this and I really hope you get on to future trails. We need the freedom of speech. I was really surprised about the verdict, as I live in Sweden and the freedom of speech is strong. We need also to get the truth out what happened. I admire you strongly.
Maria in Sweden
on 20/2/10 6:25 PM
Mr Amaral,
You have my support and I wish you all the best. I feel in the end you will win.
British in the US
on 6/4/10 7:30 PM
You are an utterly good and honourable person, and I feel completely ashamed at the treatment you have had at the hands of the British government and media, in the protection of that despicable pair of child neglectors. May the truth prevail.
on 12/4/10 7:01 PM
God Bless your Mr Amaral,please don't think all British are like the McCanns and their cohorts,your day will come sir,i hope when the truth prevails the British press go down with the McCanns.I feel so bad for you and your family,but you will have justice inevitably along with Madeleine.
on 29/4/10 4:12 PM
Good luck in all your work.
on 1/5/11 8:07 PM
God Bless you & your family,
on 13/10/11 2:21 PM
Mr. Amaral, continue your fight, I have followd the case from the beginning and I am sure the parents are behind their daughters dissapearence. Keep on going Mr.Amaral, the truth will come out, you did the right thing by writing your book "The truth about the Lies".
It is just too unbelivable that the Mccanns still out and not in jail!!!
Forca Amaral!!! This time you are going to win!!!!!
God bless you and your family,
Angelica in Switzerland
on 13/10/11 3:24 PM
Mr Amaral, a heartfelt thankyou for not giving up on Madeleine. If ever a child needed a protector it is this child and she couldn't ask for a more genuine, committed protector than yourself.
I hope that right is on your side when the libel trial begins and the McCanns lose and the world is shown exactly how they tried to, not only gag you, but to financially destroy you and your family as well.
God go with you and yours.
on 13/10/11 3:30 PM
I wish you the very best Mr Amaral!
It is people like you that make people like us still believe in justice without corruption. Thank you for your work, for daring to speak up, thank you, your wife and your children for holding on after everything you have been through.
I saw you on french television and I thought you spoke very well. Your efforts are about to pay off. People are increasingly annoyed at the McCanns and anybody watching your very well made documentary is convinced that they liars.
Lots of people are behind you, stay strong!
on 16/10/11 4:17 PM
With dignity and courage you continue to fight for justice for a child you never met. May God give you the victory over those who seek to oppress you.
on 20/10/11 12:02 PM
You have right on your side Mr Amaral and remember 'right is might'
Your integrity is something to marvel at.
on 20/10/11 12:39 PM
mr amaral the good man who want's justice for a little girl he never met but will never give up on.god bless you and your family dr amaral.
jan united kingdom
on 25/10/11 9:13 AM
Justice for Madeleine