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msanthrope

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4. How is this either "secret" or "rendition?" They are under arrest, have appeared in court, and are
Wed Jan 2, 2013, 09:39 AM
Jan 2013

Last edited Wed Jan 2, 2013, 10:09 AM - Edit history (1)

currently facing charges pursuant to an indictment. They have attorneys, they are in federal lockup--indeed, I found them on the BOP website quite easily---you can write them at the Manhattan Federal Detention Center.


According to your article, the two Swedes were given consular assistance after arrest in Africa. The third is admitting he is a member of al-Shabab, but is not a British citizen.


What fucking irony, however, that these bastards support a justice system where women are stoned to death for sex....


“The woman admitted having out-of-marriage sex,” said an Islamist official who talked to the crowd after the stoning was completed.


“This type of punishments that are compatible with Sharia (Islamic laws) will be administered,” said the official


According to residents, the young woman was picked up from one of the neighbourhoods of the town, but there was no trace of the man partner involved in the alleged offence.


The judicial system of the Al-Shabaab is often criticised by rights groups for lack defence attorneys, proper evidences and harsh punishment, hastily meted out.




http://www.africareview.com/News/Al+Shabaab+order+woman+stoned+to+death+for+sex+offence/-/979180/1598708/-/p9bix4/-/index.html




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