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Continue reading →: Human rights – a threat to Saudi Arabia?
The campaign to release Raif Badawi who was imprisoned in Saudi Arabia for blogging about freedom of expression and sentenced to weekly floggings is prominent in the news. I am just catching up with the plight of Waleed Abu al-Khair who was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment for his stand on…
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Continue reading →: Deflated
I took the precaution of walking home with my bike yesterday evening. The rear tyre was very flat and I had no pump with me. What I wonder is the relationship between the weight carried and the rate of tyre deflation? The ratio of pounds lost and pounds donated to…
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Continue reading →: Clemency for Raif
After the death of King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz there must surely be an opportunity for the new sovereign in Saudi Arabia to show mercy towards Raif Badawi. If you haven’t already signed Amnesty International’s petition to free the blogger who called for greater freedom of expression , now would be…
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Continue reading →: Protest works – keep up the petitioning
The king’s office in Suadi Arabia has referred Raif Badawi’s case to the Supreme Court for review. There is some hope that the Supreme Court will recommend an appeal against the verdict for Raif Badawi, but international pressure by Western governments and Amnesty International may not guarantee a reprieve. Raif was charged with “going…
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Continue reading →: Free Raif Badawi
As a blogger who does not feel constrained by government when expressing my thoughts, the case of Raif Badawi is shocking in the extreme. For daring to suggest that his home country should allow greater freedom of expression, he has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment and weekly lashings. I’m sure…
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Continue reading →: Felony
My mouth has been causing me pain recently so a trip to the dentist was overdue. The anaesthetic hadn’t worn off when I left the dental surgery, but I was in need of sustenance. There’s a welcoming watering hole in West Belfast ironically named the Felons where the the Guinness…
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Continue reading →: Move over Rousseau
In a time of heightened tension there are often clamours for greater protection of individuals by the state. That’s usually when hard won freedoms are most at risk. There is now a call by the government in the UK to restrict student debates. Greater surveillance powers and bolstering of the…
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Continue reading →: Business as usual
I have been a bit of a business bore of late, so I will revert to my usual pondering this morning. Something topical perhaps – is freedom of expression an absolute right? Freedom is all very well, but if I went round insulting everyone’s sincerely held beliefs, I would find myself ostracized…
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Continue reading →: Intuitive interface
My great new venture has reached the point where I have to be specific about a number of key aspects. The web pages will require some creative thinking as well as some technical savvy. This will be a challenge for me because I have little knowledge of HTML and could…
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Continue reading →: Limited company with a domain name
I have set the ball rolling so it’s game on. My low cost start up company does not yet have a website, but the creative juices are flowing. Hopefully I will discover a market for the services offered and at a price that keeps the game going. The man from…
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