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Interpol has said it had nothing to do with the extradition of Hamza Kashgari, but Dennis McShane MP apparently didn’t get the memo – or got the memo and didn’t believe it. The charge of apostasy was maintained, his home was attacked and, again, sensibly enough, Kashgari decided it was time to leave Saudi Arabia. [...]
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Interpol as theocracies’ little helper
February 13th, 2012 
Ophelia Benson Known for his reformist views
February 13th, 2012 Ophelia Benson PEN International on Kashgari. PEN demands his immediate and unconditional release, in accordance with Article 19 of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It also calls upon the Saudi authorities to provide him with immediate and effective protection. According to PEN’s information, Kashgari, a 23-year-old writer from Jeddah, tweeted a series of messages [...]
Those who are wanted by their countries of origin
February 13th, 2012 Ophelia Benson Malaysia today is defending its extradition of Hamza Kashgari back to Saudi Arabia where he could easily be executed for saying he has questions about Mohammed. International rights groups have slammed the deportation but Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said Malaysia was not a safe haven for fugitives. Jiddah-based newspaper columnist Hamza Kashgari, 23, was detained [...]
Free Hamza Kashgari
February 12th, 2012 Ophelia Benson You know the drill – same old same old. Join this Facebook group. You know the media report it when causes get big support on Facebook, so join. I added a few people, because you can’t just invite any more – but I’m shy about adding because it seems so presumptuous, so if I neglected [...]
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Tags: Free speech, Malaysia, Religious censorship, Religious coercion, Saudi Arabia 
18 Comments »Kill the witch!
December 12th, 2011 Ophelia Benson Religion as compassion in Saudi Arabia. A Saudi woman has been executed for practising “witchcraft and sorcery”, the country’s interior ministry says. A statement published by the state news agency said Amina bint Abdul Halim bin Salem Nasser was beheaded on Monday in the northern province of Jawf. She wasn’t stoned to death. That’s the [...]
If you start now to let women drive, let them go wherever they want…
October 3rd, 2011 Ophelia Benson So, Nawwaf, tell us why you think women should not drive – or rather, tell us why you think “we” should not “let” “them” drive. If you start now to let women drive, let them go wherever they want, let them do whatever they want, we will be in the same position some day. Then [...]
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