George Bush likes to pretend he's our friendly neighborhood champion of human rights. "...it is the policy of the United States," he says, "To seek and support the growth of democratic movements and institutions in every nation and culture, with the ultimate goal of ending tyranny in our world." And this, arguably like everything else Bush says, is a huge lie.
Recently, a 19-year-old Saudi woman was gang-raped. The seven men who raped her were sentenced to 1-5 years in prison each. For being with men she was not related to, the woman was punished as well, and her sentence was recently increased for speaking out against the injustice. As of now, her sentence is 200 lashes and six months in prison, a complete violation of her basic rights as a woman and as a human.
And yet, the Bush administration flat-out refuses to condemn the Saudi court's ruling. National sovereignty is a nonsense excuse to not intervene in this situation when human health, safety, and freedom are at stake.
When it comes to human rights, the Bush administration is clearly pick-and-chose. Only 423 more days of this madness, kiddies.
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422 days too many.
Thanks for writing a post on this.
oh my god. what is wrong with the world?! HONESTLY!! the stupidest people alive can see that its wrong for the demons to only get 1-5 years!!!! and the victim is also punished?! do they not take into consideration that she had no choice!! that they forced her! or may be she was drugged?!?! OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The victim was punished because she was in a vehicle with an unrelated male without a male related to her present. This is reflective of traditional Saudi attitudes towards women, but in no way does "tradition" make human rights violations such as these excusable.
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