| Jeremy Vine Show |
[Feb. 20th, 2008|04:14 pm] |
Looks like barring fire, tsunami or locusts I'll be on the Jeremy Vine SHow on Radio 2 tomorrow lunch time to talk about Diz. Grooverider being sentenced seems to have made arrests in Dubai hot news, which is a good thing. |
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| Latest on Cat/Diz |
[Feb. 14th, 2008|04:12 pm] |
On February 10th, Cat was moved to Al Wathba Central Prison, before
test results were even concluded on the mystery .003 grams dirt that
the arresting officials allege is ‘hashish’.
The melatonin (the possession of which being what he was originally
held for) and his urine were given a second test. The results were
again negative according to the German Consulate.
The dirt was finally processed, after two weeks of
‘testing’. The result is positive according to Cat’s
attorney though the matter remains under investigation due to
incorrectly followed evidence procedures and he has still not been
officially charged.
Authorities have called on another extension for 7 days. At the
conclusion of this 7 day period, an extension will most likely be
sought for a further 30 – 40 days at which point a date for the
hearing should be arranged and will cause further delays. At such
time, his council will begin negotiations with the prosecution to drop
the case and urge for a swift deportation. If he is not successful,
Cat will have to wait a few more days for a preliminary hearing. Even
if successful, we are unsure how long it will take to deport him. If
unsuccessful, he faces 4 years imprisonment. Cat will of course be
pleading innocent at this trial.
Cat will remain in Al Wathba Prison. Al Wathba Prison is notorious for
its human rights abuses including executions, lashings, overcrowding.
With lice infested inmates competing for space on the concrete floor:
http://www.phaseloop.com/foreignprisoners/prison-abudhabi.html
http://www.uaeprison.com/victims_injustice-uae.htm
We need to give Cat the best change of a favourable ruling at the
trial as we can. We need to raise £25,500 urgently for his legal
representation. The money will be held in trust by a well known law
firm in Dubai who are partners of the UK solicitors monitoring the
case. It will be released to his advocate in instalments. If there are
any changes in circumstances and we no longer need the full
£25,000 (unlikely at this point), we will refund all leftover
collections proportionally. As of 14/02/08, we have raised
approximately 20% and appreciate the amazing response so far.
Please circulate this most important appeal for financial assistance.
Related Websites and background information:
http://www.thetruthaboutdubai.com
http://www.freediz.com
We need your help: we are asking for your donations--whatever you can
give--of which 100% of proceeds will go toward his legal defence fund.
Without a lawyer, Cat will very likely have no option but to plead
guilty, and we are at a critical stage in this process. Cat pleaded
with us not to let him get lost in the system and we need to do
everything we can to keep prevent this happening. Without legal
representation, he doesn’t stand a chance.
Thank you so much for your help, we couldn’t do this without
your benevolence and generosity.
DONATE NOW
If you have any questions about the fund, please feel free to contact:
dubai@futurecorp.co.uk
Help circulate this message of blogs, websites, journals etc. |
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| ShaWhatWhoNowEh? |
[Feb. 7th, 2008|12:29 pm] |
Just heard on the radio:
"This morning the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, told Radio 4's Today programme that 'sharia law seems inevitable in some parts of Britain'"
Will you fucking God-botherers of all stripes please fuck off.
Leave aside the bizarre irony that the head of the Church of England appears to be advocating the introduction of an absolutist legal system drawn from Islamic teachings, has he lost the plot completely? Perhaps God got on the old blower and told him "Listen, I don't like these brown fellas any more than you, except my mate Allah from the corner shop, he's alright. Anyway, fing to do to keep em quiet is to set up a completely separate society for em within the UK. Bish bash bosh - everyone's happy. Well, apart from a few slags and bummers that is, and who gives a toss about them. Right? Am I right?".
Rowan Willams - mad as an eyebrow
I'm not making any crashing revelations by stating that I'm in favour of a multicultural society and mutual respect between different cultures blah blah etc, but a five year old child could see that you don't achieve that by saying 'one set of rules for you, another for me'. All you're doing in that scenario is creating totally separate societies that happen to live in the same place.
In any case, what possible relevance does the opinion of a fucking bishop, arch or otherwise have to the nature of the rule of law; what is this, 1708? Tell your magic bearded sky-mate to get back in His celestial white cloud van and sling His holy hook. Fucker. |
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| Brainfart |
[Feb. 5th, 2008|12:39 pm] |
| [ | Tags | | | abject horror of humanity, dagnabbit!, don't do dubai, fear! fire! foes!, fingers crossed, fnord, going to hell in a bonham-carter, monster mash, no2id, politricks, raging injustice, things that suck, things which are good | ] |
One of the busier/more stressful weeks I've had thus far. No time to tell you what I've been up to. Instead, here's the important stuff:
1 - Last Saturday my ex-housemate and dear friend Cat "Diz" Le-Huy was arrested on the way into Dubai for carrying Melatonin, a legal drug used to combat jet lag which is available over the counter in most countries including Dubai. He is currently in his eighth day of detention without trial or access to lawyer and has been made to sign documents in Arabic, which he cannot read.
Read more here: http://users.livejournal.com/_yungfuktoi_/306878.html
and here: http://users.livejournal.com/_yungfuktoi_/307357.html
Sign the petition to free him here: http://www.petitiononline.com/cle2008/petition.html
Support the Truth About Dubai campaign here: http://thetruthaboutdubai.com/
2 - Monster Mash Gallery this weekend - this event has been stealing my weekends and driving my partner, ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) misstiamaria, who is curating, to the edge of insanity. You fuckers better come along and make it worthwhile!
3 - Join the NO2ID campaign and stand up to the Government's plans to manage your identity.
http://www.no2id.net/getInvolved/join.php |
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| Awesome |
[Jan. 8th, 2008|01:12 pm] |
I've been trying to keep this under my hat, but the awesome has been building and building and the fedora has just macerated the polystyrene ceiling tiles...
If you haven't just pissed yourself laughing, you're a cunt. Or dead. |
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| Welcome to Paradise |
[Dec. 18th, 2007|04:16 pm] |
I love the fact that in the middle of the New Spring Gardens Estate (inappropriately pretty name for an unrelentingly grim setting) in Lambeth there is a road called Old Paradise Street, which leads to a dark, rotting hulk of a building which might be some sort of terrifyingly misguided attempt at housing human beings, or may just be a ziggurat to the dark, predatory gods of 1970s rationalism. Every time I walk past a little imaginary vignette plays out in my head:
Stranger: Is this the road that leads to paradise?
Local: Used to, it don't go there no more! |
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| Bear Glare |
[Dec. 4th, 2007|01:06 pm] |
TEH SAMMUNZ, THEY AR MYNEZ!
"I’d been so busy taking pictures of the salmon in the Ozernaya River in southern Kamchatka, east Russia, I didn’t notice the bear until it was a metre away. It was a terrible shock. I kept calm enough to take the picture but only later did I realise how serious the situation was." - Sergey Gorshkov, Winner: Animal Portraits category
Go and see the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards at the Natural History Museum. It ar gud. |
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| Look to the East |
[Nov. 12th, 2007|12:38 pm] |
Big fucking fire in Stratford, you can see the smoke from here in Fulham! |
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