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ether (political beast)
Feb. 24th, 2008 07:05 am* Pleas for condemned Saudi 'witch':
"The illiterate woman was detained by religious police in 2005 and allegedly beaten and forced to fingerprint a confession that she could not read.
Among her accusers was a man who alleged she made him impotent...
When an appeal court decided she should not be executed, the law courts imposed the death sentence again, arguing that it would be in the public interest."
* British "Olympic chiefs are to force athletes to sign a contract promising not to speak out about China's appalling human rights record – or face being banned from travelling to Beijing."
* I didn't realize this was up for an Oscar.
"The illiterate woman was detained by religious police in 2005 and allegedly beaten and forced to fingerprint a confession that she could not read.
Among her accusers was a man who alleged she made him impotent...
When an appeal court decided she should not be executed, the law courts imposed the death sentence again, arguing that it would be in the public interest."
* British "Olympic chiefs are to force athletes to sign a contract promising not to speak out about China's appalling human rights record – or face being banned from travelling to Beijing."
* I didn't realize this was up for an Oscar.
