There are times when diplomacy just makes no sense, this is one of them.
If Syria will not listen to the U.N. Then what makes these countries think they will listen to them.
But everyone will try, unsuccessfully, but they will try.
BEIRUT (AP) — The Syrian regime faced a chorus of global reproach Tuesday as envoys from Turkey, India, Brazil and South Africa headed to Damascus to press President Bashar Assad to end his violent crackdown on a five-month-old uprising.
The visit by Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu was significant because Turkey until recently had close ties to Damascus. But Ankara has become increasingly critical of its neighbor over the bloodshed.
Davutoglu will deliver a strong message to Damascus, Turkey's prime minister has said.
In Washington, U.S. State Department spokesman Mark Toner lauded the visit and said Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton had spoken to Davutoglu.
"They did talk about the situation in Syria, you know, and we believe it's another opportunity to send yet another strong message to Assad that this crackdown on peaceful protesters cannot stand," Toner said Monday.
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Syria comes under global reproach for crackdown
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Iranian 'Moral Police' Enforcing 'Un-Islamic' Dress Code
70,000 moral police hitting the streets, and the citizens of Iran.
How nice
Islam the Religion of stupidity.
Foxnews
Iranian men better stay away from the jewelry box.
Iran has deployed thousands of "moral police" to patrol the streets of Tehran, cracking down on men wearing necklaces and going after women for wearing loose-fitting head scarves, tightened overcoats and shortened pants that show skin, according to The Guardian.
The Iranian parliament says the garb is "un-Islamic" and the crackdown is aimed at combating "the western cultural invasion."
More than 70,000 trained forces were sent out on the streets in Tehran and other cities to enforce the plan, according to the U.K. paper.
"The enforcement of the moral security plan was requested by the nation and it will be continued until people's concerns are properly addressed," said Ahmadreza Radan, the deputy commander of the Iranian police, according to The Guardian.
The head of the "moral police" is appointed by Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said previously he is against this sort of crackdown.
Residents in the Iranian capital say the crackdown is just spreading fear among the population.
"It's not only about clamping down on clothing, but they are spreading panic and fear by sending out this much of police into the streets under the name of this plan, to control the society. It's unbelievable to see a regime that is not only concerned about its own survival, but it goes into your personal life and interferes in that," one resident told the paper.
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Iran's police vow no tolerance towards protesters
"Police will act firmly to defend the society's security and those who break the law will be dealt with severely,"
Sounds like the Pro reform movement in Iran is being told to mind their P's and Q's for next Thursday !
If 8 Deaths was just a little pushing and shoving , How many will it be for "Dealt with severely ?
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian police will show no more tolerance toward anti-government protesters, the force's chief was quoted as saying on Saturday, in a warning to the opposition before possible new demonstrations next week.
Iran has been rocked by street unrest since its disputed presidential election last June. Internet messages have circulated about new protests on February 11, when Iran marks the 31st anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution.
Supporters of the pro-reform opposition have used such official occasions to stage new rallies in recent months, despite many arrests in a continuing crackdown by authorities.
Opposition leaders Mirhossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karoubi have called on supporters to attend next week's rally. An opposition website, Jaras, on Saturday said a youth group backing Mousavi also urged people to take part.
Government officials have rejected opposition charges that the June vote was rigged to secure the re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. They portrayed the election protests as a Western-backed bid to undermine the Islamic establishment.
"Now that the different dimensions of the sedition are clear, we won't show any more tolerance," police chief Esmail Ahmadi-Moghaddam said, the ILNA news agency reported.
"Police will act firmly to defend the society's security and those who break the law will be dealt with severely," he said.
He said hundreds of people were arrested in connection with protests that erupted on Ashura -- a ritual Shi'ite day of mourning that fell on December 27 -- with the help of tip-offs from the public after police published photographs of them. He said more such photographs of demonstrators would be issued soon.
Eight people were killed in clashes between security forces and opposition supporters on that day, in the most serious violence since the aftermath of the June 12 disputed election.
Moghaddam also reiterated a warning against the use of emails and phone text messages to spread the word of new protests, making clear police were monitoring such means of communication.
"The new technologies allow us to identify conspirators and those who are violating the law, without having to control all people individually," he said.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
A follow up on the UK "religious leader" arrested on terror charges.
Guess what religion? Come on. What do you think?
From the Manchester Evening News: Fury as cops get more time to quiz preacher (Are you still trying to guess?)
Shaykh Asif Farooqui, 62, is among five men being questioned over allegations they were involved in recruiting young British Muslims for terror training camps in Afghanistan.
The Muslim community where Shaykh Farooqui lives, in Deane, Bolton, has been rocked by the community leader's arrest.
A petition has been set up at his mosque - the Al (sic) Rahman in Randal Street - calling for his immediate release. Neighbours told how he is considered to be a Wali - blessed by Allah - and is highly-respected by hundreds of people. (Ed. Note: That is precisely the problem.)
In a statement released by his family, who live on Willows Lane, said: "It is simply incredible to those that know him and his work to imagine he could be involved in the promotion or incitement of any kind of violence.
Unh-huh. I will wait for the evidence, thank you very much.
Read the rest here.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
China launches "strike hard" crackdown in restive west
A strike hard Campaign ? Sounds pretty harsh , but we are talking about China .
I guess we can expect to see some more arrests , and convictions , with those convicted being sent to forced labor camps , And possibly another death sentence here or there !
China is a bitch when it comes to Cracking down on its people !
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese forces have launched a "strike hard" security campaign in the restless far western region of Xinjiang, vowing to wipe out lawlessness and "change the face" of the public security situation there.
Xinjiang's regional capital Urumqi has been rocked by ethnic violence twice this year, in which a total of around 200 people died..
Now the regional government is demanding tough action to bring stability back to the region, Communist Party mouthpiece the People's Daily reported on Tuesday.
"From the start of November, public security bodies in Xinjiang will ... start a thorough 'strike hard and punish' campaign to further consolidate the fruits of maintaining stability and eliminate security dangers," it said.
Security forces would "root out places where criminals breed, and change the face of the public security situation in these areas," the report said.
The term "strike hard" harkens back to the 1980s, when Chinese police forces launched campaign-like sweeps intended to catch law-breakers. Pro-reform legal experts in China later criticized those campaigns for ignoring suspects' rights and setting targets for arrests that encouraged abuses.
The Xinjiang government's revival of the "strike hard" rhetoric appears to be another part of its effort to win back the support of residents of the region who claimed that Uighur law-breakers were not being punished.
Police will continue to look for suspects involved in the July riots, and "keep a close eye on clues and cases involving terrorism and explosions," the official Xinhua news agency said.
