Akmal Shaikh.
underclassrising.net | 29.12.2009 15:41 | Sheffield
Tuesday 29 December I awoke put the radio on and as I lay there in a warm bed the news that Akmal Shaikh, 53, a father-of-three from London, was executed in China after being convicted of drug smuggling despite claims he was mentally ill, having Bipolar myself I very much disagree with the name mentally ill, it is an ugly illness agreed.
I am not in favour of the death penalty, not even for mass – murderers. After all, did Jesus of Nazareth not tell us to spare the sinner, or cast the first stone if we have never sinned? The Chinese authorities take a different view; after all, did the British and French imperialists not seek to weaken their society by selling them hard drugs not so long ago? The memory of the opium trade may still be fresh in the minds of their officials. I find it a crime that a Akmal Shaikh who may had Bipolar is being made to pay the price of those past wrongs.
It left me cold inside, what must it be like? for the thousands on Death Row across the world, and here is the grand hypocrisy..
Foreign Office Minister Ivan Lewis told the ambassador "China had failed in its basic human rights responsibilities."
Just the same as Briton has done in the illegal occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan where the working class have lost there life's, meanwhile we still not condone The Israeli apologists who say, in yet another desperate attempt at diversion that there are victims on both sides, and that is undoubtedly true, but lets state the obvious, what’s fortunately becoming obvious for quite a few people these days: Israel is the aggressor. Israel is the BAD GUY here. So let’s focus on Israel’s numerous atrocities, on Israel’s utter disregard for anything resembling humanity..
One year on from The Mass Murder of 1417 people were killed, including at least 318 children, we remember Gaza Iraq and Afghanistan, as Iran hits the news we need also to raise some concern of events happening there, we need to ask is this an uprising? from the people or one that is been orchestrated from the same imperialists who 30 years ago to this date was over in Afghanistan was helping the Taliban and Al-Qaeda fight the Russian invasion and Ivan Lewis says "China had failed in its basic human rights responsibilities." for hundreds of years capitalism has failed the working class perhaps we need to make it history?
I am not in favour of the death penalty, not even for mass – murderers. After all, did Jesus of Nazareth not tell us to spare the sinner, or cast the first stone if we have never sinned? The Chinese authorities take a different view; after all, did the British and French imperialists not seek to weaken their society by selling them hard drugs not so long ago? The memory of the opium trade may still be fresh in the minds of their officials. I find it a crime that a Akmal Shaikh who may had Bipolar is being made to pay the price of those past wrongs.
It left me cold inside, what must it be like? for the thousands on Death Row across the world, and here is the grand hypocrisy..
Foreign Office Minister Ivan Lewis told the ambassador "China had failed in its basic human rights responsibilities."
Just the same as Briton has done in the illegal occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan where the working class have lost there life's, meanwhile we still not condone The Israeli apologists who say, in yet another desperate attempt at diversion that there are victims on both sides, and that is undoubtedly true, but lets state the obvious, what’s fortunately becoming obvious for quite a few people these days: Israel is the aggressor. Israel is the BAD GUY here. So let’s focus on Israel’s numerous atrocities, on Israel’s utter disregard for anything resembling humanity..
One year on from The Mass Murder of 1417 people were killed, including at least 318 children, we remember Gaza Iraq and Afghanistan, as Iran hits the news we need also to raise some concern of events happening there, we need to ask is this an uprising? from the people or one that is been orchestrated from the same imperialists who 30 years ago to this date was over in Afghanistan was helping the Taliban and Al-Qaeda fight the Russian invasion and Ivan Lewis says "China had failed in its basic human rights responsibilities." for hundreds of years capitalism has failed the working class perhaps we need to make it history?
underclassrising.net
Comments
Hide the following 5 comments
wow
29.12.2009 16:40
A drugs smuggler gets killed and you manage to put the blame on the rest of the world.
You also manage to get in:
Imperialism
History of British involvement in the opium trade in the 19th century
The current gulf war
Afghanistan
Isreal/Palistinine conflict
The muppet was mentaly ill, thats why the drug smuggelers picked him, its them you blame, them and the folks who take drugs. Your party charley has now gone from £10 a pop to death for somone, feeling gooood?
anon
anon
29.12.2009 16:58
Acid
The misfortune of Akmal Shaikh
29.12.2009 18:22
Thus a parroting press with skipping rope lips nicely and neatly diverts people’s attention away from the brutal Gaza war crimes of last year!
"I deeply regret the fact that our specific concerns about the individual in this case were not taken into consideration despite repeated calls by the Prime Minister, Ministerial colleagues and me. These included mental health issues and inadequate professional interpretation during the trial” said Miliband
Funny that coz British woman Linda Carty on Death Row says 'In the United States, you are not really given a fair trial' One wonders if Ministers will be spouting platitudes like “the execution was totally unacceptable and that the USA had failed in its basic human rights responsibilities”, scream they’re appalled, “it’s medieval rough justice gone badly wrong”, whilst dismissing the progressive nature and politics of the American people when she's executed? Somehow, I strongly suspect not!
Prior to Akmal the last Briton to be executed abroad was Jackie Elliott in Huntsville, Texas 2003. Eleven months before that in 2002 Tracy Housel was put to death in Georgia... was there a murmur? Don’t recall seeing phrases like "This will inevitably have an impact on diplomatic relations between the countries." being bandied about on the media when such happened. No! Get it in perspective! These words are only to be used against uncivilized peoples like er….. China
So if Jia Qinggao (DC School of International Relations at Peking University) accuses the West of double standards by stating…
"When governments in the west turn down China's request for extradition of suspects, they cite the importance of judicial independence and a separation of powers," he told the Global Times. "But when it comes to their own citizens, they ask the Chinese government to interfere with judicial independence."
He has a valid point, and might “The Great Game” be more the reason and crack why the West’s lickspittle press talks and reports unmitigated cack!
‘Eurasia’ is 75% of the world's population! America can only fume at it’s mere 25% population control. More so Eurasia accounts for 60% of the world's GNP and 3/4 of the world's known energy resources.
‘Eurasia’ is all the territory east of Germany. This means Russia, the Middle East, China, and parts of India. America accepts that Russia and China, bordering oil-rich central Asia, are the two main powers whose security, trade and ambition threatens the US avarice for unbridled hegemony and plunder of "the Stans": Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikstan and Kyrgyzstan, This unrequited US rapacious desire stokes up security fears within Turkey and Iran also
That dust blown poppy ridden cowpat Afghanistan, is the gateway to "the Stans" and all the rest that follows - Siberia, Xinjiang (East Turkestan) and Tibet! Then it’s just a hop skip and jump, right to the gates 'above the ocean' (Shanghai)
stalingrad
e-mail:
robograd@tiscali.co.uk
the enemy of my enemy etc..
29.12.2009 18:50
anon
or
05.01.2010 19:31
Kilo