محاكمة لبنى : في الإعلام العالمي

Quote: [CHRIS WILLIAMS] Are some women worth more? Former U.S. President Bill Clinton put all concerns about North Korea aside to go and rescue two American journalists. Yet the current Secretary of State Hilary Clinton, who is on a special visit to Africa, has made no move to help another woman journalist in distress in Sudan. Lubna Ahmed Hussein faces being flogged in public just for wearing trousers. Should Western women expect special treatment, whatever the circumstances? Of course it was wonderful to see Laura Ling and Euna Lee reunited with their families. We do not know the full story yet, but it does seem that they strayed into North Korean territory. As their Chinese guides were not detained, perhaps they were set up. There is nothing strange about a country arresting people for straying across borders. Imagine what would happen if two North Koreans wandered into the United States from Canada, across Lake Superior. Claiming it was a mistake would not bring instant release. Some people may feel that women with families and young children, who could easily be mistaken for South Korean or American spies, would have been wiser to keep well clear of North Korea. Others would commend them for their bravery. But whatever the perspective, Ling and Lee were taking a risk. In contrast, Lubna Hussein has simply dressed in the same way as millions of Muslim women in Islamic countries like Iran and Pakistan. Wearing trousers is not against Islamic or Sudanese law. Lubna is not even a Muslim. The Sudanese justice system seems to be acting contrary to its own rules, and to Islamic norms and laws. Yet the United States, and other Islamic countries, all remain silent. Lubna faces a cruel and degrading punishment that is against international law. She could be taken to a public place, tied to a post, and her clothing pulled down. She would be whipped to the bone, which would leave her scarred for life. Some die of infection after this torture. Whatever "hard labor" means in North Korea, it is unlikely that Lee and Ling would have faced such treatment. North Korea was unlikely to give Korean-American journalists, who would eventually be released, the chance to see what happens inside a labor camp. And, whatever its failings, the regime is smart enough not to degrade its national integrity through public acts of barbarism. On the same day as the news about the return of Lee and Ling, a British woman prisoner also returned home from Laos. Samantha Orobator had been arrested for trafficking 68g of heroin through Laos airport last August. The usual sentence is death, but she became pregnant while in prison. Under Laotian law pregnant women cannot be executed. Views about Orobator are easily clouded by views about the death sentence and pregnancy. But the fact is that she was trafficking a drug that harms and kills people. There are doubtless many Laotians in the same situation who do not escape punishment. Last May, Hilary Clinton and President Obama successfully argued for the release of the U.S.-Iranian journalist Roxana Saberia, who was arrested because she did not have a proper press card. But what of the 41 Iranian journalists who have been imprisoned during the recent public protests? The women among them include Henghameh Shahidi, the editor of the "Paineveste" blog, and Somaieh Nosrati, parliamentary editor for the newspapers "Teheran Emoroz" and "Hayat No." There has been no official expression of concern from the West. American diplomats would quickly point out that there is a distinction between helping U.S. nationals, and interfering in the internal affairs of another country. But although Aun San Suu Kyi is not an American citizen, President Obama stated publicly, "I strongly condemn her house arrest and detention." It seems unlikely that any American leader will venture to Myanmar to negotiate her release, yet it was a foolhardy American who gave the junta the excuse to imprison her, because he swam uninvited across a river to her house. Would it not be appropriate for a high ranking U.S. leader to go and say sorry, and suggest to the junta that it is not creditable to punish a woman for a crime that a man has committed against her wishes? It was left to U.N. envoy Ibrahim Gambari, and U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to visit Myanmar and negotiate. In South Korea, Lee Chun-keun, a male journalist employed by the public TV station MBC, was arrested in March, following a complaint from the agriculture ministry. This was a reaction to an investigative program which probably fuelled the beef protests last year. Lee and his colleagues faced up to five years in prison, for "small translation errors." America claims to uphold freedom of speech, yet the U.S. voiced no support for Lee. Does that freedom not apply to views that question American business practice that might have harmed Koreans? While political leaders are muddled about who deserves help and who does not, civil society organizations are developing more equitable international approaches. Most famously, "Amnesty International" has fought for the rights of political prisoners such as Aung San Suu Kyi since 1961. But Amnesty does not only support high profile prisoners. For example, it drew attention to another female prisoner in Myanmar, Ma Khin Khin Leh, a school teacher who was arrested with her 3-year-old daughter. She was given a life sentence because her husband helped plan a demonstration in 1999. She was released last February. "Reporters Sans Frontieres" (RSF) (Journalists without frontiers) tracks what is happening to journalists around the world. So far in 2009, 26 journalists have been killed, 186 are imprisoned, and 83 "cyberdissidents" have been detained. There is no prioritization for action based on nationality, and no distinction between males and females. Another civil society organization, "Reprieve," addresses the human rights of prisoners, including those on death row in America, and in Guantanamo Bay. It provides legal support to prisoners who cannot pay for a lawyer, and promotes the ethic that even prisoners have equal rights under international law. The British organization, "Prisoners Abroad," provides advice, information and support to British citizens in prison abroad and their families. It works with overseas justice systems, and often helps to transfer prisoners back to the U.K. There is nothing wrong with this, but what about overseas prisoners who are not British? In 1910, Winston Churchill argued that "the civilization of a society can be judged by the way it treats its prisoners." In a globalizing, high mobility world, it is time to apply that ethic to the international community. Could the U.N. build on the work of the civil society organizations, and develop international standards about prisoners' rights, to replace random bilateral negotiations and personal preferences? Might it try to evolve a consensus about how to sanction countries guilty of judicial lawlessness? The British press reacted to Clinton's intervention with the obvious cartoons. One shows Clinton meeting the North Korean leader, and saying, "I thought Kim was a chick." Another shows him surprising Iranian President Ahmadinejad and Ayatollah Khamenei, at the presidential inauguration, saying, "Yo! More despot pariahs! Where's the hostages? Where's the chicks?" Perhaps that is unfair, but I do not hold out much hope of me being rescued by Bill Clinton if I were in a North Korean jail. This all evokes the British story of St. George and the Dragon. But before any other female Korean journalists think of venturing into North Korea in the belief that Bill Clinton would rescue them, they should note another British cartoon from the era of our "Iron lady" Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. The cartoon showed Thatcher tied to a post, with the dragon breathing fire at her. St. George appeared, rode to her side, and rescued the dragon. http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/service/print.asp?tpl=prin....gif&id=200908120056 2009.08.12

(عدل بواسطة AnwarKing on 09-07-2009, 06:53 PM)
(عدل بواسطة AnwarKing on 09-07-2009, 06:55 PM)

Quote: و نرجو ان يواصل الغعلام العالمى حملته من أجل الحريات و يكشف لينا عن قضية 4 سودانيين مسجونيين كمان فى امريكا بالتحديد لاكثر من 16 عام

Quote: صحيح ذلكك و لكننى أقصد ان يكون جاد بنفس الجدية التى رايتها فى قضية لبنى بالتحديد حتى وصلت الصحفة الؤئيسية فى الياهو مع ان سام ىالحاج قضى 7 سنوات لم يتشرف بهذه الواجه

Quote: فإذا أردت أن تهدم قيم ومعتقد وحضارات أمة فأبدأ بإختراقها عن طريق المرأة لأنها عماد الأسرة ومربية الأجيال .. ولكن أليس فينا رجل رشيد يتنه لما أقره الغرب من زواج المثليين واكذا المثليات؟!! يا سيدي " الجمل ما بشوف رقبتو عوجاء" .. أما عن النفاق في الإعلام الغربي فحدث ولا حرج .. يتحدثون عن حقوق الإنسان ويتغاضون عن ذكر غوانتنامو وابوغريب والفلوجة وتورابورا ولو على سبيل الإستحياء لا يأتوا على ذكر مجازرهم في مواقع الشبكة العنكبوتية الغربية الكبري مثل ياهو وغوغل ألخ... وفي ذات الوقت تتصدر لبنى المانشيستات في تلك المواقع وكذا تتصدرإفتتاحية النشرات الفضائية بإسم حرية التعبير وحقوق الإنسان وفي ذات الوقت يمنعون المحجبات من دخول المدارس .. إزدواجية المعايير لدى الغرب أمر لا يدعو للغرابة رغم أنه أمر مقزز ويدعو للغثيان ؛ ولكن ما يدعو للغرابة هم بني جلدتنا من المتغربين الذين سال لعابهم للدولار واليورو فباعوا أنفسهم بدراهم معدودات... (ربنا غفتح بيننا وبين قومنا بالحق وأنت خير الفاتحين) آمين

(عدل بواسطة Adil Isaac on 09-10-2009, 03:43 PM)