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Saturday, October 8, 2011

[chottala.com] Rule upon Sheikh Hasina from the supreme people's court of Bangladesh [1 Attachment]

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IN THE SUPREME PEOPLE'S COURT OF BANGLADESH

PERESENT

WILLIAM NICHOLAS GOMES

-PEOPLE'S JUSTICE

JUDGMENT NO.001 OF 2011

Peoples of Bangladesh                                     --- Petitioner.

-Versus-

Sheikh Hasina, People's Servant, Current Prime Minister of Bangladesh and others……… Respondents.

   For the Petitioner.                 : The peoples of Bangladesh located anywhere in the world.

            For Respondent No. 1.                        : Ms. Dipu Moni,Peopl's Servant, current

Minister of Foreign Affairs  

            Respondent No.2                       :  Mr. Md. Shahidul Islam, People's Servant, current

Ambassador, Embassy of the People's

Republic of Bangladesh, Riyadh

            Date of Hearing:                      : The 8th October, 2011.

 

                                                           

                                                            JUDGMENT

 

The Supreme People's Court of Bangladesh has observed the gross negligence of the noted people's servants 1. Sheikh Hasina, People's Servant, Current Prime Minister of Bangladesh 2. Ms. Dipu Moni,Peopl's Servant, current Minister of Foreign Affairs 3. Mr. Md. Shahidul Islam, People's Servant, current, Ambassador, Embassy of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, Riyadh.

The learned court has observed that present judiciary and state mechanism fully dysfunctional.  Both the State and judiciary failed to protect the life of eight citizens of Bangladesh in Saudi Arabia.

Due to gross negligence of the said people's servant's eight valuable lives 1. Mamoun Abdulmenan 2. Farouk Jamal 3. Suman Meah  4.Mohammed Suman 5.Shafiq Al-Islam 6.Masoud Shamsulhaq 7.Abu Hussein Ahmed and 8. Muteer Al-Rahman were barbarously murdered by Saudi Government on arbitrary conviction of robbing a warehouse and killing the security guard, Hussein Saeed Mohammed Abdulkhaleq, an Egyptian national.

The eight valuable lives were barbarously murdered by the Saudi government, who were beheaded in public, were sentenced to death for the alleged murder of an Egyptian man in April 2007.

The Supreme People's court of Bangladesh has observed that Court proceedings in Saudi Arabia fall far short of international standards for fair trial.

 The court also want to remind the people's servants and dysfunctional judiciary that in 1971, the United Nations General Assembly in Resolution 2857 (XXVI) affirmed the desirability of abolishing the death penalty in all countries.

The court has observed that the beheadings bring the number of executions in Saudi Arabia this year to at least 58, more than double than the 2010 figures. Twenty of those executed in 2011 were foreign nationals.

The court has observed that the respondents had scope to intervene on the case to save the lives and bring them safely back home but the respondents remained silent and due to their negligence not only the lives of eight but many Bangladeshis in Saudi Arabia is now in danger.

The court has observed that Bangladeshi workers working abroad are a very significant source of income for the country, bringing in over US $10 billion into the economy, largely from the remittances which the workers send in from their incomes abroad. However, the state has done nothing notable to give service to these working class people and specially in this case the respondents had showed an attitude of gross negligence.

With these observations, the learned People's Justice, issued a Rule upon the Sheikh Hasina, People's Servant, Current Prime Minister of Bangladesh and others to show cause as to why they will not be over thrown by the peoples of Bangladesh from the present position they are holding.

The court also , issue a Rule upon  Sheikh Hasina, People's Servant, Current Prime Minister of Bangladesh to dismiss any kind of diplomatic  relations with Kingdom of Saudi Arabia until they stop killing the Peoples of Bangladesh immediately .

Let me remind all concerned that as dysfunctional Supreme Court of Bangladesh, led by Justice Md. Muzammel Hossain, both the divisions of the supreme court of Bangladesh to follow and establish the judgment issued by the learned people's justice.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Singed

 

William Nicholas Gomes

People's Justice

Supreme People's Court of Bangladesh

80/ B Bramon Chiron,Saydabad,

P.s.Jatrabari, P.o Wari, Dhaka-1203,

Bangladesh.

Email: William@williamgomes.org

Cell: +8801974440666

www.supremepoplescourtofBangladesh.org

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[chottala.com] Closing old wounds: Jamaat’s vicious role in the 1971 war



Closing old wounds

In a landmark move, Bangladesh is finally seeking closure for the atrocities it suffered during the 1971 war for the liberation of East Pakistan. The war crimes tribunal, which was constituted by the government almost a year ago to investigate and bring to book all those who participated in the large-scale genocide of some three million people in East Pakistan, has pressed charges against its first accused. A senior leader of the Jamaat-e-Islami in Bangladesh, a main opposition party, Delawar Hossain Sayedee has been charged on 20 counts that include crimes against humanity, rape, torture and genocide. As can be expected, Sayedee has denied these allegations and followers of the Jamaat have taken to the streets to voice their protest. While the verdict may take months in coming, what is important is that the first steps towards some sort of justice for the many victims of 1971's nationalist war are finally being taken.

What was the Jamaat's role in the 1971 war? To aid the Pakistan army's crackdown, it formed paramilitary wings called Al-Badr and Al-Shams to fight the Bangladesh Liberation Army (Mukti Bahini). These wings contributed immensely to the killing spree against intellectuals and activists. As if the Pakistan army were not vicious enough, these haywire groups added more fuel to the bloodshed and carnage. It is for these crimes and many like them that Sayedee has been charged; many more like him are expected to be indicted on similar charges.

It has taken Bangladesh some 40 years to take such a step to address the wounds of the past, despite there being Awami League governments in its history, but it is finally looking towards a future that has left this bitterness behind. The establishment of this tribunal marked the beginning of what is sure to be a lengthy legal process, one that is not without its detractors. The tribunal is an indigenous one, without any UN or other international oversight. Hence, it is being called partisan by some quarters. The fact that it exists at all deserves it to be credited as a body that is looking towards settling accounts with the past.

Pakistan could learn a thing or two from Bangladesh. The atrocities perpetrated against East Pakistan are a blot on our national conscience. Not only did they result in the obliteration of united Pakistan, Pakistan has seen history repeating itself within its own borders in Balochistan. The war crimes the Baloch are being subjected to ought to wring Pakistan out of its stupor if we do not wish to see a repeat of 1971. *
 
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Re: [chottala.com] Rule upon Sheikh Hasina, People=?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=99?=s Servant, Current Prime Minister of Bangladesh to dismiss any kind of diplomatic relations with Kingdom of Saudi Arabia



I will ask HE Willam  Gomes to go to Saudi Arabia to ask about their action. The Bangladesh could not pursue the Saudi Authorities to reverse their decision form the past 4 years. It is now your turn to work on this project.

Good luck.

Thanks.
 
Concern Citizen of Bangladesh.


From: William Gomes <williamgomes.org@gmail.com>
To: "Mrs. Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister,Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh" <pm@pmo.gov.bd>; ps1topm@pmo.gov.bd; psecy@pmo.gov.bd; dr.dipumoni@gmail.com; chief@bdcom.com; "Barrister Shafique Ahmed,Minister,Ministry of Law, Justice & Parliamentary Affairs" <info@minlaw.gov.bd>; minister@mha.gov.bd; ig@police.gov.bd
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[chottala.com] Modern ‘slavery’ [United Arab Emirites scenerio]



Modern 'slavery'  [United Arab Emirites scenerio]
 
VIEW: Modern 'slavery' —Kahar Zalmay
It does not matter how educated you are. If you are Asian, you are subjected to insult, arrogance and degradation at the hands of the Arabs

"As long as the mind is enslaved, the body can never be free. Psychological freedom — a firm sense of self-esteem — is the most powerful weapon against the long night of physical slavery" — Martin Luther King.

On my flight back to Pakistan from the UAE, three chattering ladies seated behind me sounded very excited at going home to meet their families. They giggled and talked about small things ranging from shopping experiences to relationships with the in-laws. My attention was grabbed when their chat took a serious turn and they started talking about their insecurities and mistreatment in the UAE. "For two years, the fate of my husband was hanging in the balance. His Arab employer was not treating him well. He had communicated to my husband that his contract could be terminated anytime. My whole family was on edge and at times I wished the contract to be cancelled to get rid of the painful uncertainty," said one of the ladies.

You hear such stories when you interact with Asian workers based in the UAE. You can see insecurity, paranoia and helplessness on their faces and you do feel that it is not the country that is shown in movies and on television. Freedom and social security is merely a perception and slavery is rampant. It does not matter how educated you are. If you are Asian, you are subjected to insult, arrogance and degradation at the hands of the Arabs. And if you dare protest or complain at the mistreatment, you are asking for trouble, big time. Once I visited an immigration office in Abu Dhabi with a friend. It took us two hours of travel but his work could not be done just because he complained about the delay to the senior officer (mudhir). The next day, the immigration officer arrogantly told my friend that his papers had been ready but that he had made the mistake of complaining to the mudhir.

The above is just a minor issue workers face in their daily lives.
 
 The Arabs have a history of keeping slaves and look to enslave more due to their love for imperialism.
But we must accept that they have been very innovative in the modern age with regards to slavery.
 
If you intend to start a business, you have to have a local as your partner. He serves as your arbab or kafeel (sponsor), without him having to spend a single dirham. He can oust you from the business any time for trivial reasons and get hold of your business, or he can simply have your residence visa cancelled. Contracts are a joke, as courts side with the locals and delay your case to the extent that you are left with no option but to either cede your business to the partner, or sell out in desperation due to the one month time limit on leaving the country after the visa has been cancelled.
 
I wonder at how easily we criticise the West and the US for discrimination where you are afforded all your rights as a worker and a resident. Even for minor things you can go to court and be compensated. But Asian Muslims are strange creatures in view of their love for conspiracy theories and victimhood. When the West cares for them, they consider it their right, but when Arabs torture them with modern slavery, they do not protest. They are in love with paranoia and terror.

At an immigration office in Sharjah, the papers of a Bengali Muslim were torn to pieces and thrown in his face by the immigration officer just because he attended a call on his mobile phone while standing at the counter even though the officer himself kept talking on the phone. A little admonition would have worked but the officer had to show his power and put the rest in their place too. Nobody said a word and later I saw the poor Bengali sitting on the staircase outside and crying. I wanted to console him but did not know how. That was the demonstration of an Arab's arrogance with impunity. Interestingly, if anyone tries to protest, others advise him not to as that could mean immediate visa cancellation and deportation. That is the reason Asian workers remain mute and exploited.

Having both international and Pakistani driving licences, when I applied for my driving license in Sharjah, I was told that my test date would come in six months time. When I tried to convince the Arab officer that I knew how to drive and that I also possessed an international licence, he arrogantly ignored me and signalled for me to leave.

A banker of Palestinian origin once asked me about my experience in the UAE. I told him that as a Pakistani I felt physically safe and was glad that there was no load shedding. He looked over his shoulder and said that had I had a western passport, I would have had an altogether different experience. I then asked him about his experience in the UAE. He said, "Well, Arab rulers do not tire of condemning Israel for grabbing our land but when it comes to our rights in their respective kingdoms, their approach changes dramatically. Israel gave citizenship to many Palestinians but the Arabs are very sensitive about the subject." He told me that the Arab Spring may have helped people in a few countries, but that it surely brought more trouble for immigrants. Upon my inquiry, he said that the government had communicated to high ranking officials not to reproach local Arab employees as that might result in their rising up against the government like in other countries in the region.

Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) came to uproot slavery, absentee landlordism and profiteering but all these are practiced now in the Arab world with certain innovations. Full credit should be given to the Arabs for being very smart and innovative in enslaving workers both physically and psychologically. It is the only art they have excelled at. The West could learn from them and stop complaining about issues related to immigrants.

Coming back to my fellow passengers' conversation, as the plane was landing, one of the ladies excitedly said, "I pray a lot for Pakistan. There is load shedding, poverty, law and order situation and joblessness but still I call it home. Live 50 years in the UAE but you cannot call it home. You cannot feel secure socially."

The writer can be reached at kaharzalmay@yahoo.com
 
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    RE: [chottala.com] Saudi Arabia executes 8 Bangladeshis



    http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=205784

    It's really shame we could not save these lives.  I wish I could go to victim's family and asked for pardon for our 8 Bangladeshi citizens. These Bangladeshi have mother, father, brothers, sisters, wife and children. It's very painful and big loss.

     

    A pitty crime turn into a murder. It could be an accident, may not be a intentional killing,  we do not know the details.     

    According to newspaper high level Bangladeshi officials  asked for pardon from victim's family(in Egypt) in 2009 but failed. I am sure our Govt. did everything possible untill the last minute of execution.

     

    Bangladeshi Govt. must give more details soon to Bangladeshi public. Bangladeshi people like to hear statement from Govt. not from other sources...

     

     

     

     



    To: chottala@yahoogroups.com; notun_bangladesh@yahoogroups.com; khabor@yahoogroups.com; SonarBangladesh@yahoogroups.com
    From: Syed.Aslam3@gmail.com
    Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2011 04:27:00 -0400
    Subject: [chottala.com] Saudi Arabia executes 8 Bangladeshis

     
    Saturday, October 8, 2011

    Saudi Arabia executes 8 Bangladeshis

    The updated photo shows migrant Bangladeshi workers working at a construction site in Saudi Arabia.Photo: InternetStar Online Report
    The Saudi authorities executed eight Bangladeshi workers on Friday in the country's capital Riyadh for their involvement in killing an Egyptian man.

    The migrant workers, who were beheaded in public, were sentenced to death for the murder of the man in April 2007, according to the Amnesty International.

    The executed are: Ma'mun Abdul Mannan, Faruq Jamal, Sumon Miah, Mohammed Sumon, Shafiq al-Islam, Mas'ud Shamsul Haque, Abu al-Hussain Ahmed and Mutir al-Rahman.

    Details of executed Bangladeshis could not be learnt immediately.

    According to a news posted on the AI website, the Egyptian man was killed during a clash between the Bangladeshi workers and a group of men who allegedly were stealing electric cable from a building complex where the Bangladeshis used to work.

    Three other Bangladeshis were sentenced to prison terms and flogging for the murder.

    Executions have resumed in Saudi Arabia at an alarming rate since the end of the Holy month of Ramadan, said the AI.

    "Court proceedings in Saudi Arabia fall far short of international standards for fair trial and news of these recent multiple executions are deeply disturbing," said Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui, Amnesty International's Deputy Director for Middle East and North Africa.

    "The Saudi authorities appear to have increased the number of executions in recent months, a move that puts the country at odds with the worldwide trend against the death penalty."

    "The government must establish an immediate moratorium on executions in the Kingdom and commute all death sentences, with a view to abolishing the death penalty completely," she added.

    Friday's beheading of the Bangladeshi nationals brings the number of executions in Saudi Arabia this year to at least 58, more than double than the 2010 figures. Twenty of those executed in 2011 were foreign nationals, the AI report said.

    Many of those executed in Saudi Arabia in recent years have been foreign nationals, mostly migrant workers from poor and developing countries.

    Defendants often have no defence lawyer and are unable to follow court proceedings in Arabic.

    They are also rarely allowed formal representation by a lawyer, and in many cases are not informed of the progress of legal proceedings against them.

    They, and many of the Saudi Arabians who are executed, also have no access to influential figures such as government authorities or heads of tribes, nor to money, both crucial factors in paying blood money or securing a pardon in murder cases.

    Saudi Arabia applies the death penalty for a wide range of offences.

    They may be convicted solely on the basis of confessions obtained under duress or deception.

    At least 158 people, including 76 foreign nationals, were executed by the Saudi Arabian authorities in 2007. In 2008 some 102 people, including almost 40 foreign nationals, were executed.

    In 2009, at least 69 people are known to have been executed, including 19 foreign nationals and in 2010, at least 27 people were executed including six foreign nationals.
     
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    [chottala.com] Pakistani troops aid Bahrain's crackdown

    Well Bahrain knows, Pak Army is ruthless Killing Machine, when comes to killing un-armed civilians. They know, it has killed dozens or hundreds of times more Moslims in Pakistan and Afghanistan since 1947 than Indian Army has killed Pakistanis and Pak Agents in Indian Kashmir.
    Purpose of creation of Pakistan was to get Moslims of India and Afghanistan killed by Punjabi Army.
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    > "Urgent requirement - manpower for Bahrain National Guard," said one.
    > "For service in Bahrain National Guard, the following categories of people with previous army and police experience are urgently needed," said another, with "previous experience" and "urgent need" underscored.
    > The categories included: former army drill instructors, anti-riot instructors, retired military police, and former army cooks.
    > In the following two months, on the back of visits to Islamabad by senior Saudi and Bahraini officials, sources say at least 2,500 former servicemen were recruited by Bahrainis and brought to Manama, increasing the size of their national guard and riot police by as much as 50 per cent.
    > "We know that continued airplanes are coming to Bahrain and bringing soldiers from Pakistan," Nabeel Rajab, president of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights, told Al Jazeera.
    > "We do not know the exact number, but we know that it is much more than 1,500 or 2,000 people."
    > Recruited into the special forces, the national guard, and the riot police, the Pakistani citizens are tasked with suppressing Shia protesters that are reportedly demanding equal rights after years of alleged oppression at the hands of the royal family, part of Bahrain's Sunni minority.
    > "Our own Shia cannot join the security forces, but the government recruits from abroad," said Rajab.
    > On the ground in Pakistan, the recruitments were handled by the Fauji Foundation, one of the largest conglomerates in the country with close ties to the Pakistani military. In addition to the Overseas Employment Services, which is tasked with providing job opportunities for retired military personnel, the foundation owns large cereal and gas companies, sugar mills, security firms, as well as hospitals and universities.
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    > The Fauji Foundation did not respond to Al Jazeera's request for comment.
    > "Pakistanis, particularly Baluchs, make up a large part of the Bahraini force," said Fahad Desmukh, a former resident of Bahrain who now lives in Pakistan.
    > "They are extremely visible on the streets - so visible that the protestors were recently responding to the police in Urdu, knowing they did not speak Arabic." [Watch the video of protesters chanting 'police are crazy' in Urdu here.]
    > A small country of roughly 800,000 people (including about 235,000 non-nationals), Bahrain has a Defence Force of about 12,000 and a National Guard of 1,200, according to the US State Department.
    > The National Guard, which is in the foreront of the crackdown, seems to have been more than doubled by the recent recruitments of mostly Baluch servicemen.
    > "What it shows is that the Bahraini government has little trust in its own citizens to conduct security operations," Michael Stephens, a Qatar-based Bahrain specialist at the Royal United Services Institute, told Al Jazeera.
    > "So they rely on foreign recruits to unquestioningly carry out orders of violently suppressing protests."
    > While Arab nations have a long history of leaning on Pakistan for military expertise as well as foot soldiers, the recent increase in recruitments come at a tricky time. Pakistan has struggled to quell widespread ethnic violence and a robust insurgency on its own streets.
    > In the region, too, the country faces tremendous challenges.
    > "It has certainly put Pakistan in a very awkward position, where it has to balance its relationship with Iran on the one side and Saudi Arabia and Bahrain on the other," Stephens said.
    > Iran, a leading Shia country, has repeatedly denounced the Bahraini government's crackdown on the Shia - while Saudi Arabia has remained Bahrain's closest ally.
    > Inside Bahrain, the recruitments have brought dangers to the South Asian diaspora, where ill-feeling towards Pakistanis has increased, reportedly because they are seen as the main vehicle in the crackdown.
    > The influx of Sunni mercenaries has also increased fears that the government might be naturalising the new recruits in its efforts to change the country's Shia-majority demographic.
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    > Video footage of Bahraini protesters chanting: 'Our police are Pakistani'. Al Jazeera cannot be held responsible for content hosted on third party sites [YouTube]
    > "In the 1970s and 80s, many Arab countries flushed with oil money bought state of the art equipment, but [the] local population lacked technical skills," said Hamid Hussain, a long time analyst and historian of the Pakistani military.
    > "A number of Pakistan army and air force personnel were deputed to several countries including Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, Qatar, Jordan, Syria and Iraq. "
    > The recruitments varied from a dozen advisors to thousands of trainers and operators of complicated equipment.
    > The most prominent cases of such partnership was in 1970, when then Brigadier Zia ul Haq helped the Jordanian forces suppress Palestinians in what became known as "Black September".
    > Zia ul Haq, in one of the interesting paradoxes of the Pakistani military, later became a feared dictator who introduced a swift process of "Islamisation".
    > Pakistan's security relationship with Saudi Arabia, in particular, has put it at odds with Iran, its neighbour to the west. The two nations have been stuck in a Shia-Sunni rivalry for decades and have battled proxy wars across the region.
    > During the 1991 Gulf war, much to Saudi Arabia's apparent dismay, Pakistan turned down their request for preemptive help, in case Saddam Hussain launched attacks.
    > Reviving the relationship since has taken a long time, but when the uprising in Bahrain brought fears of unrest knocking on Saudi doors, the chairman of the Saudi National Security Council, Prince Bandar bin Sultan, made two quiet trips to Pakistan to seek their support in case protests erupted at home.
    > "Potential need for foreign troops in case protests spiral out of control has forced Saudis to work with current Pakistani civilian government for whom they have nothing but utter contempt," said Hussain.
    > Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Reza Gilani told Prince Bandar that his country supported the Saudi stance in the Gulf and the Middle East and would stand by Riyadh for regional peace, according to Pakistani media.
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    > Al Jazeera's Fault Lines examines why the US supports protests in Libya - but not in Bahrain
    > "The president and prime minister of Pakistan, faced with grim economic situation of the country and army brass uncertain about continued US funding, are delighted at the potential of a cash windfall from Saudi patrons," said Hussain.
    > Also on Prince Bandar's agenda was gaining Pakistan's support for the Saudi-led Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) force that deployed to Bahrain for helping the Kingdom.
    > The trip was followed by visits from the Bahraini foreign minister and the commander of their national guard.
    > Then, recruitment adverts appeared in Pakistani media.
    > Baluchistan, where most of the recruits come from, is a province of six million in Pakistan's southwest. For decades, an armed movement for self-determination there has been met with a severe government crackdown.
    > Baluch nationalist fighters expressed their dismay at the recruitment long before the recent escalation.
    > "We call upon the Baluch nation not to become part of any tyrant or oppressive army, at a time when the Baluch nation is living in a state of war … and are struggling against the tyrants ourselves," Basham Baluch, a spokesman for Baluch Liberation Front said in a 2009 statement.
    > "Instead of turning the young Baluch into hired killers, they should join the national armies [Baluch Liberation Front, Baluchistan Liberation Army] to make the independence of their homeland a reality.
    > "We do not want the Baluch people to be used and turned into mercenaries."
    > The backlash
    > Bahrain is home to a large population of foreign labourers. The majority of the work forces there comprises South Asian migrants, particularly Pakistanis.
    > "Our country has a history of appreciation for the help Pakistanis have provided in development. But more recently we have seen crimes directed at Pakistanis, and that is worrying," said Rajab, the human rights activist.
    > He points to the fact that thousands of people have been arrested and hundreds of houses have been looted by government forces. Since Pakistanis make up at least 30 per cent of the security forces, he says, when people think of the crackdown they think of Pakistanis.
    > "The poor Pakistani labourer who has nothing do with security forces suffers from all this."
    > Human rights activists and analysts also fear that the government is swiftly increasing the rate of naturalisation for Sunni immigrants in recent months in order to tip the ethnic balance of the country.
    > With a clear Shia majority, the country has been ruled by a royal family from the Sunni minority.
    > "What needs to be closely watched is the number of these recruits who will be naturalised in the coming months and years ahead," said RUSI's Stephens.
    > "Many will not return home to Pakistan, and recent statistics show that South Asians make up a big majority of the foreign citizens naturalised in Bahrain."
    > While many believe Pakistan is providing workers and soldiers to Bahrain in return for much needed economic aid, activists such as Rajab remain perplexed by the decision.
    > "What I wonder is how the Pakistani government allows this many people to be brought here and used as mercenaries," said Rajab.
    > "We know that many of these recruits are poor, uneducated, and are just looking for a job. They don't know what they are signing up for. But the Pakistan government certainly knows, so why are they allowing this?"
    > Follow Mujib Mashal on Twitter: @mujmash
    > http://aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2011/07/2011725145048574888.html
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    > Pakistani troops aid Bahrain's crackdown
    > Foundation linked to the Pakistani army has been providing Bahrain thousands of soldiers for its crackdown on protests. ( 30-Jul-2011 )
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    > Protesters reject Bahrain dialogue results
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    [chottala.com] Rule upon Sheikh Hasina, People’s Servant, Current Prime Minister of Bangladesh to dismiss any kind of diplomatic relations with Kingdom of Saudi Arabia [1 Attachment]

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    IN THE SUPREME PEOPLE'S COURT OF BANGLADESH

    PERESENT

    WILLIAM NICHOLAS GOMES

    -PEOPLE'S JUSTICE

    JUDGMENT NO.001 OF 2011

    Peoples of Bangladesh                                     --- Petitioner.

    -Versus-

    Sheikh Hasina, People's Servant, Current Prime Minister of Bangladesh and others……… Respondents.

       For the Petitioner.                 : The peoples of Bangladesh located anywhere in the world.

                For Respondent No. 1.                        : Ms. Dipu Moni,Peopl's Servant, current

    Minister of Foreign Affairs  

                Respondent No.2                       :  Mr. Md. Shahidul Islam, People's Servant, current

    Ambassador, Embassy of the People's

    Republic of Bangladesh, Riyadh

                Date of Hearing:                      : The 8th October, 2011.

     

                                                               

                                                                JUDGMENT

     

    The Supreme People's Court of Bangladesh has observed the gross negligence of the noted people's servants 1. Sheikh Hasina, People's Servant, Current Prime Minister of Bangladesh 2. Ms. Dipu Moni,Peopl's Servant, current Minister of Foreign Affairs 3. Mr. Md. Shahidul Islam, People's Servant, current, Ambassador, Embassy of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, Riyadh.

    The learned court has observed that present judiciary and state mechanism fully dysfunctional.  Both the State and judiciary failed to protect the life of eight citizens of Bangladesh in Saudi Arabia.

    Due to gross negligence of the said people's servant's eight valuable lives 1. Mamoun Abdulmenan 2. Farouk Jamal 3. Suman Meah  4.Mohammed Suman 5.Shafiq Al-Islam 6.Masoud Shamsulhaq 7.Abu Hussein Ahmed and 8. Muteer Al-Rahman were barbarously murdered by Saudi Government on arbitrary conviction of robbing a warehouse and killing the security guard, Hussein Saeed Mohammed Abdulkhaleq, an Egyptian national.

    The eight valuable lives were barbarously murdered by the Saudi government, who were beheaded in public, were sentenced to death for the alleged murder of an Egyptian man in April 2007.

    The Supreme People's court of Bangladesh has observed that Court proceedings in Saudi Arabia fall far short of international standards for fair trial.

     The court also want to remind the people's servants and dysfunctional judiciary that in 1971, the United Nations General Assembly in Resolution 2857 (XXVI) affirmed the desirability of abolishing the death penalty in all countries.

    The court has observed that the beheadings bring the number of executions in Saudi Arabia this year to at least 58, more than double than the 2010 figures. Twenty of those executed in 2011 were foreign nationals.

    The court has observed that the respondents had scope to intervene on the case to save the lives and bring them safely back home but the respondents remained silent and due to their negligence not only the lives of eight but many Bangladeshis in Saudi Arabia is now in danger.

    The court has observed that Bangladeshi workers working abroad are a very significant source of income for the country, bringing in over US $10 billion into the economy, largely from the remittances which the workers send in from their incomes abroad. However, the state has done nothing notable to give service to these working class people and specially in this case the respondents had showed an attitude of gross negligence.

    With these observations, the learned People's Justice, issued a Rule upon the Sheikh Hasina, People's Servant, Current Prime Minister of Bangladesh and others to show cause as to why they will not be over thrown by the peoples of Bangladesh from the present position they are holding.

    The court also , issue a Rule upon  Sheikh Hasina, People's Servant, Current Prime Minister of Bangladesh to dismiss any kind of diplomatic  relations with Kingdom of Saudi Arabia until they stop killing the Peoples of Bangladesh immediately .

    Let me remind all concerned that as dysfunctional Supreme Court of Bangladesh, led by Justice Md. Muzammel Hossain, both the divisions of the supreme court of Bangladesh to follow and establish the judgment issued by the learned people's justice.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Singed

     

    William Nicholas Gomes

    People's Justice

    Supreme People's Court of Bangladesh

    80/ B Bramon Chiron,Saydabad,

    P.s.Jatrabari, P.o Wari, Dhaka-1203,

    Bangladesh.

    Email: William@williamgomes.org

    Cell: +8801974440666

    www.supremepoplescourtofBangladesh.org

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     


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