imported_1248B
06-05-2004, 15:46
Here's a piece of injustice that, like any form of injustice, really gets to me :(
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4912720/
Kinda reminiscent of Kafka's The Trial :cry: A book that gave me nighmares as a child. Hard to imagine its possible to keep your sanity under those circumstances and not give in to despair.
Anyways, here's hoping they'll get out of that cursed country alive and well, and not with their feet first.
Socialist Apologisers
06-05-2004, 19:11
In Sofia, Bulgarian government spokesman Dimitar Tsonev criticized the verdict.
“This trial cannot be called just, as not a single proof provided by the defense has been taken into account,” Tsonev said. “The verdict is based solely on confessions made by some of the defendants under duress.”
Bulgarian Justice Minister Anton Stankov called the verdict “absurd.”
“It lacks evidence and justice,” he said, adding that Bulgaria would continue to support those convicted in Libya.
The Bulgarian ambassador to Libya, Zdravko Velev, said the Libyans would free Georgiev shortly because he already has spent more than four years in prison.
Irish Foreign Minister Brian Cowen told his Libyan counterpart, Abdul Rahman Shalghan, that the European Union has “serious concerns” about the fairness of the trial, EU spokesman Diego de Ojeda said.
“This is a very negative surprise for us,” Ojeda said. “The European Union has assessed severe irregularities during the trial in terms of the rights of defense.”
Cowen, whose country holds the EU presidency, met Shalghan at an EU-Mediterranean meeting.
I don’t understand what this has to do with the EU, since Bulgaria is not a member.
So much for Gadhafi and Libya becoming civilized. Bulgaria ought to name and treat this for what it is: an act of war, just like the bombings in 1988 and 1989 were. Why does the West continue to trust and sanction its enemies?