Thestan
04-10-2007, 22:23
Associated Press Report:
Famous author, actress among others to be executed following assasination
Thestania, Thestan:
Things only seem to be going downhill in the small state of Thestan following last week's carbombing and the shooting death of Interior Minister Jafar Kebiik, blamed by Thestan's longstanding military government on radical elements of the country's equally longstanding pro-democracy movement. General Dr. Idi Ibn Aziz, Thestan's president and chairman of the military junta that maintains a stranglehold on the ethnically diverse mountain country announced in person earlier today that among those detained and tried in secret over the past five days are esteemed academic and author Dr. Pervez Sorih and his wife, actress Samia Maria Sorih of 1980's cinema stardom.
Aside from individual celebrity, the couple has become noteworthy in the past decade of the junta's rule for their outspoken pro-democracy stance that has attracted positive attention from Thestanis eager for liberal change and equally negative attention from a government unaccustomed to such open criticism. For their own safety, the pair had spent the majority of the past several years abroad, writing and lecturing to foreign audiences while still maintaining a broad following at home. They returned to Thestan last week, allegedly to visit Dr. Sorih's ailing mother, but following the attacks were quickly picked up by the Internal Security Department's pervasive police force.
President General Aziz announced further that, along with 25 other convicted co-conspirators, the couple would be executed in three days time for involvement in conspiracy to assasinate a government official and commit an act of terrorism. Aziz stated that 2 suspects had been found not-guilty and released.
Despite the Thestani government's stranglehold on media outlets in the country, some citizens have been able to communicate their thoughts on the matter to outside news sources, and the response has been overwhelmingly in favor of the pardon of the couple, seen as a spiritual rock in troubled times by the Thestani people.
Famous author, actress among others to be executed following assasination
Thestania, Thestan:
Things only seem to be going downhill in the small state of Thestan following last week's carbombing and the shooting death of Interior Minister Jafar Kebiik, blamed by Thestan's longstanding military government on radical elements of the country's equally longstanding pro-democracy movement. General Dr. Idi Ibn Aziz, Thestan's president and chairman of the military junta that maintains a stranglehold on the ethnically diverse mountain country announced in person earlier today that among those detained and tried in secret over the past five days are esteemed academic and author Dr. Pervez Sorih and his wife, actress Samia Maria Sorih of 1980's cinema stardom.
Aside from individual celebrity, the couple has become noteworthy in the past decade of the junta's rule for their outspoken pro-democracy stance that has attracted positive attention from Thestanis eager for liberal change and equally negative attention from a government unaccustomed to such open criticism. For their own safety, the pair had spent the majority of the past several years abroad, writing and lecturing to foreign audiences while still maintaining a broad following at home. They returned to Thestan last week, allegedly to visit Dr. Sorih's ailing mother, but following the attacks were quickly picked up by the Internal Security Department's pervasive police force.
President General Aziz announced further that, along with 25 other convicted co-conspirators, the couple would be executed in three days time for involvement in conspiracy to assasinate a government official and commit an act of terrorism. Aziz stated that 2 suspects had been found not-guilty and released.
Despite the Thestani government's stranglehold on media outlets in the country, some citizens have been able to communicate their thoughts on the matter to outside news sources, and the response has been overwhelmingly in favor of the pardon of the couple, seen as a spiritual rock in troubled times by the Thestani people.