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Appeal against potential punishment for rights activist
Posted: 11 Apr 2019, 09:13
by Airspeed
Most of the requests I get from Avaaz, I ignore.
This one IMHO deserved action.
https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/fr ... c/?cVSALjb
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Re: Appeal against potential punishment for rights activist
Posted: 13 Apr 2019, 09:58
by Airspeed
Apparently, she didn't get the 148 lashes, but did get jailed.
In case you did not read about it, that was for asking for better treatment of women in Iran.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-47531312
Meanwhile, Bahrain has confirmed that adulterers and sodomites will be stoned to death. "Sharia Law is not to punish people, but to nurture them."
No wonder they call this The Lucky Country. (makes our politicians seem almost human.)
Re: Appeal against potential punishment for rights activist
Posted: 14 Apr 2019, 03:47
by Airspeed
Nobody picked up my error.
It was Brunei, not Bahrain
Brunei's Sultan owns The Dorchester in the UK plus a string of other high profile hotels around the world.