Israel / Palestine

[Pblakeney]

Is this the case in which someone was certain they were guilty?

 

[Ian H]

Is this the case in which someone was certain they were guilty?

It's deterrence policing and overreach.

 

[Psamathe]

I'm thinking that the prosecution knew that the charges were unlikely to stick, but these charges allowed for pre trial detention, whereas lower charges more likely to stick would not have led to detention. I think the security services abused the process to make an example of these people.

Maybe in part to justify their proscription of the organisation along the lines of "these are bad people, they are in prison (without mentioning not yet been to trial and not yet found guilty/innocent) so we the Gov. are right and justified to proscribe their organisation".

 

[Milzy]

When governments kill people and take their land, all in the name of God, it should not only be questioned but called out for exactly what it is, evil.

 

[C R]

When governments kill people and take their land, all in the name of God, it should not only be questioned but called out for exactly what it is, evil.

That includes Russia.

 

[Milzy]

That includes Russia.

Yes but it’s partly the fault of the U.K. for letting the Crimea fall.

 

[Rusty Nails]

Yes but it’s partly the fault of the U.K. for letting the Crimea fall.

The Charge of the Light Brigade was a long time ago.


And it wasn't my fault.

 

[briantrumpet]

BBC journalism at its best.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpqwv9vvzx9o

 

[secretsqirrel]

BBC journalism at its best.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpqwv9vvzx9o

That was raw.