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Martyr in the making: The strange case of Mudassar Arani |
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By Yvonne Ridley on
29/10/2007 11:37
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Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights stipulates the right to a Fair Trial. It is resolutely impossible to conceive of a trial being fair when the lawyer, let alone the client, is subject to sustained abuse and harassment at the hands of the establishment.
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Betraying the Palestinians |
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By Yvonne Ridley on
06/09/2007 09:58
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The territory has been described as one of the most desolate places in the world.
But it is also one of the most hotly disputed pieces of land on the planet as well, and has been the subject of a bitter battle for self determination and independence for decades.
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Muslim prisoners in the UK's own Guantanamo |
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By Yvonne Ridley on
13/08/2007 13:13
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I don’t know how many of you tuned into BBC Radio 4 recently to hear a story about the radicalization of young men in prison. The story so stretched the bounds of credibility that I waited another hour for the bulletin to be repeated for confirmation.
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Controlling the Dictatorship |
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By Yvonne Ridley on
20/07/2007 10:01
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While Israel holds the Palestinian people under military occupation and Americans under political occupation it seems they also have also seized occupation of the legal system in neighbouring Egypt.
There can be no other reasonable explanation for the latest insane actions of
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The value of Blood Money |
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By Yvonne Ridley on
18/06/2007 10:05
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Libya is still in the process of paying compensation to the relatives of those who lost loved ones in the Lockerbie air disaster of 1988.
While it is difficult to put a value on anyone’s life, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s offer of $10 million dollars per passenger, $270 in total – was deemed acceptable by both George W Bush and Tony Blair.
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Liberal hypocrisy |
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By Yvonne Ridley on
31/05/2007 12:45
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I have a bee in my bonnet, or hijab to be more precise.
On an almost daily basis there are horrific stories pouring out of Tunisia about how the state police are ripping off the hijabs of women living there. Some of these women, who are merely fulfilling their religious obligation to wear a hijab, have been assaulted, sexually abused and even locked up in prison ...
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