Adil Najamdiscusses about a recently released list of 8000 persons including the president of Pakistan and 34 Pakistani politicians who have benefited from the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO), promulgated by former president Pervez Musharraf on Oct 5, 2007. This ordinance “grants amnesty to all those against whom politically-motivated cases were registered between Jan 1, 1986, and Oct 12, 1999.”
Maghreb Blogreports that the sentence of Chakib Khayari, a human rights activist and whistleblower, has been upheld in a Casablanca court. Khayari is set to serve three years in prison for accusing high-level civil servants of aiding in drug trafficking.
Gross National Happiness: Bring It Home To Roost
- what a nice article, really enjoyed the insights into this subject.Especially since Europe ist ...
- After a perusal of the post on 'Gross National Happiness' (GNH) and the comments thereunder, I ...
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