Chinese authorities are preparing to execute a British national named Akmal Shaikh for drug smuggling, but his family says Shaikh is a homeless man with mental illness who was tricked into smuggling drugs. (They say he was told he'd become an international superstar and be allowed to record his world-peace anthem, "Come Little Rabbit," if he went to China.)
(AP Photo/Luis Belmonte Diaz/Reprieve, ho)
Executions for drug offenses are BARBARIC.
Of course, we have little room to complain, given our own extreme punishments, and the fact that our prohibitionist policies set a bad example to the world.
Posted by: KC Cicero | Monday, December 28, 2009 at 02:53 PM
KC Cicero, do you really think We/America set the example for China with our prohibitionist policies? I mean do you really think China gives a husky poop about what the rest of the World does or thinks about what it does?
Posted by: mutt | Monday, December 28, 2009 at 04:52 PM
The US no longer has any credibility when it comes to talking about human rights violations. Why do you think every country just tells us to F off nowadays?
Posted by: Marvin | Monday, December 28, 2009 at 09:22 PM
Marvin, try voicing your opinion on human rights in China, N Korea, Russia, or a host of countries in Africa and see how far you get.
Posted by: mutt | Tuesday, December 29, 2009 at 12:32 AM
Bow down to China, they own you and your country
Posted by: Kingson | Tuesday, December 29, 2009 at 01:28 AM
Why do you think every country just tells us to F off nowadays?
Posted by: Marvin | Monday, December 28, 2009 at 09:22 PM
Because we are under bad management.
Posted by: Searching | Tuesday, December 29, 2009 at 07:30 AM