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2003-10-01 Europe

Shortlist for Europeâs Top Human Rights Prize

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Posted by Steve 2003-10-01 3:02:20 PM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Let's think this through. If Kofi gets the award he'll probably have to fly somewhere and attend an awards ceremony. That means there'll be a 48-72 time period during which he can't posssiby screw anything else up.

Posted by Matt 2003-10-1 3:20:51 PM|| 2003-10-1 3:20:51 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Knowing the EU, I figure they'll give it to the dead guy and pocket the 58G's. That'll buy at least a couple of nice banquets or look good in some EU bureaucrat's Swiss bank account.

Posted by tu3031 2003-10-1 3:51:48 PM|| 2003-10-1 3:51:48 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Will Jimmeh be the MC?

Posted by PBMcL 2003-10-1 3:57:43 PM|| 2003-10-1 3:57:43 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Kofi as EVEN a nominee is totally inconceivable to me. His name is analagous with impotence. In fact, rumor has it that one pharmaceutical company is considering marketing a pill that has the opposite effect of Viagra and naming it the "Kofi Kocktail." A designer drug version of saltpeter...that's it.....that's the ticket.

Posted by TerrorHunter4Ever 2003-10-1 4:41:59 PM|| 2003-10-1 4:41:59 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Does the winner get an all-expense paid vacation in Gorky?...

Posted by mojo 2003-10-1 5:16:28 PM|| 2003-10-1 5:16:28 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 "The European Parliament awards the "Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought", in memory of Andrej Sakharov to honour individuals or organisations for their work on behalf of human rights and fundamental freedoms and against oppression and injustice."

I think the UN is the perfect candidate. After all it was the UN which liberated the Iraqis from Saddam's oppression and injustice, and gave them their human rights back, true??? And the brave Mr Blix who stood up like a true bold Scandinavian hero against the merciless U.S. oppression (and right now languishing in Guantanamo jail and is tortured daily), oh yes, he truly deserves the prize.

This noble endeavor must be rated higher than the deeds of Akbar Ganji:

This Iranian journalist with the reformist daily Sobh-e-Emruz was arrested on 22 April 2000 when he returned from a conference in Berlin that the Iranian authorities considered "anti-Islamic" and "anti-revolutionary." On 13 January 2001, he was sentenced to 10 years in jail and to banishment.
He had to answer 10 charges, based on complaints filed by the ministry of intelligence, the police and a former minister of intelligence. The prosecutor accused him of "acting against national security", "circulating propaganda against the Islamic system", and "insulting religious figures." He was also accused of publishing articles accusing senior officials of involvement in the murder of regime opponents and intellectuals in 1998. In May 2001, his sentence was reduced from 10 years to six months. In July 2001, the Supreme Court increased it to 6 years. In October 2000, he received the International Press Freedom Award from the CJFE (Canadian Journalists for Free Expression). He is being held at Teheran's Evine prison.

Posted by True German Ally 2003-10-1 8:07:57 PM|| 2003-10-1 8:07:57 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 OK, Akbar it is.

Posted by Steve 2003-10-1 8:53:10 PM|| 2003-10-1 8:53:10 PM|| Front Page Top

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