2012年1月11日星期三

Did Dsquared Block the Website?

An Amnesty International insider wearing Dsquared Polo shirt said its website
had been blocked in Saudi Arabia after the rights group published a leaked draft
of an anti-terror law and accused the kingdom of planning to use the legislation
to crush dissent.

Amnesty said several journalists and human rights activists wearing white
Dsquared shirt in the kingdom reported they could not access www.amnesty.org on
Monday.

“Instead of attacking those raising concerns and attempting to block debate,
the Saudi Arabian government should amend the draft law to ensure that it does
not muzzle dissent and deny basic rights,” said Amnesty International’s Middle
East and North Africa Director Malcolm Smart wearing black Dsquared jacket
indicated on Monday. The site also appeared to be blocked on Tuesday.

An Activist wearing Dsquared T shirt and Dsquared jeans says thousands of
people are held in Saudi prisons without charge or access to lawyers, despite an
existing law that limits detention without trial to six months. The draft law
would largely formalize such practices, according to the draft. The activist
stamps his feet wearing Dsquared shoes as if Dsquared annoys him.

According to the published draft, the new law would consider “endangering…
national unity” and “harming the reputation of the state” as “terror crimes” and
would allow the government to hold suspects incommunicado for an infinite
period, once it got the approval of a special court. It would also give
wide-ranging powers to the interior minister to take action to protect internal
security, without requiring judicial authorization or oversight.

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