Alkarama is increasingly alarmed at the state of health of Haitham al-Maleh and has issued the following appeal to the Syrian President:
Archive for April, 2010
Open Letter to Bashar Al-Assad regarding Haitham Al-Maleh #almaleh #alkarama
Posted in human rights, international, politics, syria, tagged haitham al-maleh, human rights, international, politics, syria, syrian opposition on April 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Protestors call for the release of Syria’s prisoners of conscience #labwani #syria
Posted in current affairs, human rights, international, politics, syria, tagged al-bunni, al-hassani, anwar al-bunni, haitham al-maleh, human rights, international, kamal labwani, maleh, syria, syrian opposition on April 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
To mark Syria’s National Day, 17th April, friends and supporters of Syria’s wrongly incarcerated prisoners of conscience protested outside the Syrian Embassy at 8 Belgrave Square, in London. Between 70 and 80 people were in attendance, many of them signing a letter to the President that was delivered via Embassy officials. Simultaneous protests mounted in [...]
Population 51,201 and Waldo the bird is dead… It is gloriously bonkers and I am glad to be back home
Posted in arts, history, personal, review, television, tagged arts, history, review, television, twin peaks on April 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“The owls are not what they seem…” I remember it vividly. 1990 and Twin Peaks had been the subject of fevered classroom conversation for weeks. There had been teasers and trailers. Deliciously, it was airing on BBC2. Mark and I were in our final year of sixth form, enjoying a friendship that had been long in [...]
Iyas Maleh and Kamal Labwani’s friends urge support for Syrian Independence Day demo, April 17th #syria #labwani
Posted in human rights, international, politics, syria, tagged al-bunni, amnesty, haitham al-maleh, human rights, international, kamal labwani, politics, syria, syrian opposition on April 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
As Syria prepares to celebrate 64 years of independence, the European Union continues to work towards cementing relations with Syria through its EU-Syria Mediterranean Association Agreement. Maureen Thomas, however, has alerted me to a demonstration outside the Syrian Embassy to remind the world that despite its reformist rhetoric, peaceful and democratic reformers such as Kamal Labwani, Anwar Bunni, [...]
The fabulous Paloma Faith at the Shepherd’s Bush Empire
Posted in arts, music, personal, review, tagged arts, me, music, paloma faith, review on April 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It’s rare for Em and I to have the time or energy to go out in the week. Every now and then, though, browsing around the net late at night, you stumble across something at exactly the moment you need it. At a pretty low point, I noticed Paloma Faith had added an extra concert [...]
If you’ve not done so, meet Jack Reacher #reacher
Posted in arts, personal, review, tagged arts, books, me, review, writing on April 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“Men want to be him, women want to be with him…” Like everyone, I have a secret vice or two. One of these is a penchant for airport thrillers, the sort of unputdownable page-turner that lets you be the bone-crunching, Glock-packing loner-hero you always intended to be before discovering computer games, cheese sandwiches and DVD box-sets. [...]
Boys, Beer, Birds and Bingley: the randomness of a perfect afternoon
Posted in environment, history, natural world, personal, tagged conservation, environment, history, me on April 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I meant to write this some days ago, but I am discovering that work is eating the hours as never before. It’s not only when you are having fun that time flies… But last Sunday afternoon was perfect for late March. I spent the best of it at The White Lion in Fobbing, drinking jars [...]
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