Showing posts with label LASHES. Show all posts
Showing posts with label LASHES. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
IMAGINE: Saudi Arabia Blogger Faces 600 Lashes, Jail for Insulting Islam!
Saudi Arabia Blogger Faces 600 Lashes, Jail for Insulting Islam!
“This incredibly harsh sentence for a peaceful blogger makes a mockery of Saudi Arabia’s claims that it supports reform and religious dialogue,” said Nadim Houry, the deputy Middle East director at Human Rights Watch. “A man who wanted to discuss religion has already been locked up for a year and now faces 600 lashes and seven years in prison.”
His lawyer, Waleed Abu al-Khair, told Human Rights Watch that Judge al-Harbi read the verdict Monday. The court is expected to send him a written notification by August 6. They’ll have 30 days to appeal.
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Tuesday, January 29, 2013
NBC Denies Banning Music Videos After P'Square Lashes Out
The Nigerian Broadcast Commission, NBC, and National Films and Video Censors Board, NFVCB, on Monday denied banning the broadcast of some musical videos by Nigerian artistes.
Mrs Maimuna Jimada, the Acting Public Relations Officer of the Commission, disclosed in Abuja that the commission was not aware of the ban.
According to her, NBC was not in charge of banning musical videos. “NBC has not banned any videos as we are not in-charge of placing a ban on music videos.”
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