Monday, May 23, 2005
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- There's just something about a guy who can kick a ball about well that makes a girl tick. This kid is called Soufiane Touzani.
- The opposition has come up with a practical suggestion for proportional representation as outlined in the diagram below. Each voter has 3 votes, for local, county and national representatives. They'll pass it onto the King, I hope he likes diagrams and colours.
- The United Nation's Committee Against Torture in Geneva concludes its 34th session with the following recommendations to the Bahraini government:
"The Committee was concerned about the persistent gap between the legislative framework and its practical implementation with regard to the obligations of the Convention; the lack of a comprehensive definition of torture in the domestic law as set out in article 1 of the Convention; the large number of allegations of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment of detainees committed prior to 2001; the apparent failure to investigate promptly, impartially and fully the numerous allegations of torture and ill-treatment and to prosecute alleged offenders; the inadequate availability in practice of civil compensation for victims of torture prior to 2001; lack of access by independent monitors to visit and inspect places of detention without prior notice; and the rejection of the House of Deputies in March 2005 of the establishment of an independent National Human Rights Commission.
The Committee recommended, among other things, that Bahrain adopt in its domestic penal law a definition of torture in terms consistent with article 1 of the Convention; respect the absolute nature of article 3 in all circumstances and fully incorporate it into domestic law; consider steps to amend Decree 56 of 2002 to ensure there was no impunity to officials who had perpetrated or acquiesced in torture or other cruel and inhuman or degrading punishment; ensure that any measure taken to combat terrorism, including the draft law, be in accordance with Security Council resolutions; fully ensure the independence of the judiciary; and consider adopting a Family Code including measures to prevent and punish violence against women."
- Since Chan'ad and I have been nominated for Freedom Blog Awards, there is an interview with us in the Italian Peace Reporter. Chan'ad is obviously way too modest to publicize himself in this way so i'll do it for both of us shamelessly! I never realized that the whole thing would be published UNCUT, but I thank Naoki in taking interest in publicizing Bahraini bloggers.
The local press seemed to have totally overlooked these recommendations, and concentrated on the ceremonial praise that such reports begin with on the King's reform initiative. I'm not sure how binding these recommendations are, but it constitutes further international pressure on the regime to reform.
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Your blog is taking shape. I blogged about it this morning and thought you needed to know.
http://hootsbuddy.blogspot.com/2005/05/babbling-bahraniatreasures-on-shore-of.html
I notice your blog and mine have the same problem: the sidebar drops all the way to the bottom. Yours is on the left, mine on the right. I have noticed the same thing at other sites, so it is must not a unique problem. I'm not swift with the HTML template, so I hope Blogger eventually repairs it. If you find a quick fix, post about it.
And congrats on your interview.
Thanks... the interview really was rushed...but it's ok..
Hoots...woohoooooo!! i've been analysed at last! :) thanks for the review... and more so for COMING OUT OF THE SHADOWS and commenting!
About the sidebar, you can adjust the sidebar/main body ratio in the template to give the sidebar more space and hence not get dragged to the bottom. I've been to lazy to do it myself, only because I stopped using Internet Explorer ages ago. This problem shouldn't happen on Mozilla Firefox. Try it!
I wasn't being modest Bahrania.. just lazy! It was on my mental "to blog" list, but I just haven't got around to it. But thanks! I'll post it up soon prbly.
And wow that kid in the video has got crazy skills.
hehehe you have a mental "to blog" list too! :)
football is like ballet i tell ya... deep down inside and since I was very young I envied men for being able to grab a ball and bond on the pitch (hold on that didn't sound right)...
My bahraini girl friend just signed up to a professional women's football team...i'm so proud of her.. kitted out in full hijab too
Who do you vote for if you love both? That's a big quandry! In any case, I wish you both extreme luck and hope that one of you wins the category. You deserve it.
Not at all M,
I think its an honour just to be nominated. If you want to think tactically then I would prefer if ALL supporters voted for Chan'ad as there are big contenders like Baghdad Burning who will win hands down :) see, i'm a realist too :)
cheers
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