Tag Archives: Amnesty International

Mexican activist who took on drug cartels that killed her daughter murdered in her home

Posted on May 13, 2017 by The Great One

Mexico is a sewage pit. A country so rich in resources, with such natural beauty, should not be this disastrous. But after all, it’s the people who make a country good or bad. What does that say about the Mexican … Continue reading →

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Amnesty report finds Saudi Arabia executed 175 in past year

Posted on August 25, 2015 by The Great One

It would appear that strict Sharia law is worthless in terms of maintaining order. The other possibility, being that these Muslims are fanatical, is that innocent people are being executed. And needless to say, the executions are barbaric as they are the result of … Continue reading →

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Saudi beheads 83 people in 2014, the most in years

Posted on January 1, 2015 by The Great One

In the event that you still don’t believe that Muslims are barbarians, and that Islam is a flawed ideology, read below. TGO Refer to story below. Source: Associated Press   RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi authorities beheaded a Pakistani … Continue reading →

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191 Nepalis died in booming Qatar last year, officials say

Posted on January 27, 2014 by The Great One

Wow, that’s an awful number of deaths! One can see how deplorable living conditions, long work hours and blistering heat can be the cause for many deaths. It’s the same old story, the rich taking advantage of the needy. Sad… … Continue reading →

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Syria Islamists perpetrate ‘shocking abuses:’ Amnesty

Posted on December 19, 2013 by The Great One

What a cluster-f*ck! Syria has just about “caught up” with the rest of the Muslim world in terms of violence, and that’s saying a lot considering the brutality of Muslims across the globe. TGO Refer to story below. Source: Reuters … Continue reading →

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Amnesty slams plan for ‘tests’ to ban gays from Gulf

Posted on October 12, 2013 by The Great One

What I want to know is, how does a medical test prove that an individual is gay or lesbian? To my knowledge, no such tests exist. TGO Refer to story below. Source: Associated Press Dubai (AFP) – A Kuwaiti proposal … Continue reading →

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Iraq executes 42 ‘terrorism’ convicts in a week

Posted on October 11, 2013 by The Great One

It’s unfortunate but certainly a fact; the only way to fight terrorism is with violence, as in death. Reason will simply not work when one is dealing with extreme forms of fanaticism. When an individual’s mind is indoctrinated to the … Continue reading →

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Ukraine rape draws outrage over official impunity

Posted on July 21, 2013 by The Great One

How anyone can harm another human being, a woman no less, in the manner in which this woman was harmed is beyond my comprehension. As far as I’m concerned, the men that did this should be beaten to a pulp … Continue reading →

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Witch hunts in Papua New Guinea linked to jealousy

Posted on June 10, 2013 by The Great One

Once again religious superstition, which of course is accompanied by ignorance and violence, rears its ugly head, this time in New Guinea. And naturally, once again religious superstition is covered up, this time they attribute these horrific crimes to jealousy … Continue reading →

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Saudi court said to order criminal to be surgically paralyzed

Posted on April 5, 2013 by The Great One

Interesting… An eye for an eye. I wonder (if statistically) this practice is a crime deterrent; at least in terms of violent crimes? How do you feel about this kind of “justice”? TGO Refer to story below. Source: Reuters Reuters – … Continue reading →

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Rebels believed to have executed Syrian troops

Posted on November 2, 2012 by The Great One

It’s perfectly acceptable when soldiers murder unarmed citizens, but the moment that unarmed citizens retaliate, the bleeding hearts are all up in arms. How just is that? TGO Refer to story below. Source: Associated Press Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — … Continue reading →

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Iraq executes 21 in single day

Posted on August 28, 2012 by The Great One

Iraq is the total opposite of the United States, where people can commit the worst of crimes and have the “bleeding hearts” fight to the death to prevent the death of the criminals, while their victims have long passed away. … Continue reading →

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Saudi beheads national guilty of murder

Posted on April 4, 2012 by The Great One

You gotta handed to these people, they don’t mess around. You won’t find any convicted murderers in Saudi Arabia hanging around in prison for twenty years; watching free cable television, playing sports, getting free medical services, etc. while good citizens … Continue reading →

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“Honor killings” require tougher laws, say Iraqi women

Posted on March 6, 2012 by The Great One

This is yet another example of what the despicable mind of a religious zealot is capable of. Anyone who wants to defend religion, ANY RELIGION, in my presence is going to have a hard time doing it! TGO Refer to … Continue reading →

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Castro lambasts US Republican primary as idiotic

Posted on January 26, 2012 by The Great One

We all know that insects, especially cockroaches, are very resilient. Nothing is greater proof of this than Fidel Castro; that dirty, creeping communist dictator that destroyed the Caribbean island nation of Cuba. Here he is, 85 years-old, and still polluting … Continue reading →

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Saudi woman beheaded for ‘sorcery’

Posted on December 13, 2011 by The Great One

These are the same people, Muslims, who say that the West is discriminatory against them! Yeah? Really? I wonder why? Religious fanaticism will always prevail in Islamic societies; this is why these countries will forever be living in the Stone … Continue reading →

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Saudi beheaded for murder while drunk

Posted on November 29, 2011 by The Great One

Not much to say on this other than it would seem that the bottom line is that the man who was put to death under the sword was guilty of murder. Period. The reason for committing the crime; alcoholic intoxication, … Continue reading →

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Iran ‘hangs nine for rape, drug trafficking’

Posted on November 29, 2011 by The Great One

Some may be in favor of capital punishment, others may not be. Either way, one thing is for sure, the nine people hung for rape and/or drug trafficking will never rape or sell illegal drugs again. The key element here, … Continue reading →

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Tom Gleason: “Who Needs Reason in the Face of Truth?”

Posted on June 29, 2011 by The Great One

The Union; Grass Valley, California – August 6, 2004 Have you ever seen the movie Invasion of the Body Snatchers? In it, a struggling Donald Sutherland deals with colleagues who disappear one by one into mysterious, cult-like beings. They steal … Continue reading →

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Rights abuses by security forces rife in Africa: Amnesty

Posted on May 13, 2011 by The Great One

Most of Africa is a total wasteland as far as human rights is concerned, not to mention poverty and disease. The Middle East, well, what can one say about the Middle East? This region has always been a mess and … Continue reading →

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UN rights body mulls further isolating Libya

Posted on February 25, 2011 by The Great One

Why don’t these people, members of the United Nations and other worldwide organizations, stop all the rhetoric and make something happen? Words are not going to overthrow Moammar Gadhafi’s regime in Libya, actions are. It’s about time that the world’s … Continue reading →

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Libya warplanes bombing Tripoli: resident

Posted on February 21, 2011 by The Great One

This is unbelievable! TGO Refer to story below. Source: Reuters LONDON (Reuters) – Libyan warplanes were bombing indiscriminately across Tripoli on Monday, a resident of the Libyan capital told al Jazeera television in a live broadcast. “What we are witnessing … Continue reading →

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Video shows Taliban allegedly stoning Pakistan woman

Posted on September 27, 2010 by The Great One

This article deals with one of the most disturbing practices of Islam, the stoning to death of men and women for illicit sex. And Muslims still claim that Islam is a peaceful faith; what hypocrites! TGO Refer to story below. … Continue reading →

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Iran stoning case lawyer in Turkey, seeking asylum

Posted on August 5, 2010 by The Great One

Iran is quite a country; talk about an oppressive government… Even apostasy (the formal religious dis-affiliation, abandonment, or renunciation of one’s religion) is punishable by death; as is adultery. If adultery were punishable by death in the United States the … Continue reading →

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Amnesty: Cuba courts complicit in stifling dissent

Posted on June 30, 2010 by The Great One

It’s good that these facts are being reported, but this is nothing new. For over five decades and through numerous administrations, both Democrat and Republican, the United States government has sat idly by watching as the Castro regime has turned … Continue reading →

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Belgium’s Muslims lash out at looming burqa ban

Posted on April 30, 2010 by The Great One

Not that my opinion matters, because it doesn’t, but I can “see” women wearing the two garments pictured below on the left; they look like traditional middle-eastern garb. But I’m sorry, the two outfits pictured to the right, particularly the … Continue reading →

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Cuba blasts foreign press for dissident coverage

Posted on March 8, 2010 by The Great One

Let’s see now, Fidel Castro took control of Cuba in 1959, and controlled the country until his illness in the summer of 2006, at which time his brother, Raul Castro, took over the presidency. If my math is correct, that’s … Continue reading →

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