Monday, February 13, 2012

Hamzah deported: where are Western human rights organizations?

The case of Hamzah Kashgari is important.  It is a case of Saudi repression abetted and aided by the US through the Interpol.  The Malaysian government was pressured by the Saudi government to surrender the man.  If Hamzah was a victim of the lousy Iranian state and its clerics, the man would have been made famous as Salman Rushdi.  His face and name would have been plastered on walls covers of newspapers and magazines.  Western human rights organizations would have held special conferences about the case.  Hell, the Security Council of the UN would have convened and Ki-Moon would have issued one of his unread statements.   But Hamzah is a victim of the Saudi state and its fanatical clerics.  He won't be made famous, if he his head rolls in a public square in Riyadh.