Monday, January 26, 2015

I Thought They Were Joking!

Alas, they were not....


Apparently, up IS down; black IS white.

 

http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=128034&source=GovDelivery#.VMY-wtJFTU4.twitter

Unbelievable.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.




Thousands of people are protesting at Saudi embassies around the world, following the case of activist blogger Raif Badawi, sentenced to 1,000 lashes and 10 years in prison for advocating free speech on his blog.

[...]

Saudi Arabia has one of the worst human rights records in the world as the country routinely imprisons and executes dozens of people labelled as "enemies of the kingdom".

[...]

”Inmates are also tortured because the Saudi Arabian legal system is based on confessions. “

"The law allows people in power to crackdown on anyone," Sara Hashash, Middle East and North Africa press officer at Amnesty International, told IBTimes UK.

"The recent crackdown in the kingdom is targeting civil and political associations and human rights organisations."

[...]

The law introduced last April allows authorities to also persecute people who are non-believers, who are treated as enemies of the state.

The legislation considers a terrorist anyone who "calls for atheist thought in any form, or calls into question the fundamentals of the Islamic religion on which this country is based."

[...]

[W]omen are still forced to cover in public, they must be accompanied by a male guardian and are banned from driving.

  IBTimes

And here is Billmon's proposed entry:

*


*


No comments: