I was just passing, I got stuck. But now I'm gone

[la_vie_noire]

Thanks to Mako who made me notice this:

Bita Ghaedi Deportation Cancelled!

[...] the British High Court granted Ghaedi interim relief pending a renewed application to apply for judicial review, while the European Court of Human Rights put a ban on her deportation.

As a woman who fled her husband as well as a political dissident, Bita Ghaedi has legitimate reasons to fear an "honour killing" if deported back to Iran. In his opinion, Justice Nichols stated that the British Home Office ignored a preponderance of evidence highlighting her very real claims to asylum.

Maria Rohaly from Mission Free Iran writes that mainstream media silence, in addition to dereliction of duty from organizations like Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, only hurt the case. Still, this case is a testament for how a small number of dedicated people can bring international attention to the horrific ways in which asylum seekers and refugees are treated by developed nations.

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Oh, Hollywood. When you think it couldn't get worse. Well, it always gets worse.

Genghis Khan? Mickey Rourke.

I kid you not. Oh, how I wish I was.

You know things like anime adaptations don't stand a chance if these fuckers can't even respect a historical figure who belongs to another nation.

Comments

[the_future_modernes]

the British High Court granted Ghaedi interim relief pending a renewed application to apply for judicial review, while the European Court of Human Rights put a ban on her deportation.


WHEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 Good luck on the exams!

[la_vie_noire]

I know! Thank you so much!

[rainmage.livejournal.com]

Oh good, I'm glad about Bita!

...Oh fuck, Hollywood strikes again with WTF castings D: Like your friend said, it's not like they're lacking Mongolians there. Hell, even if it's not entirely correct either they didn't even bother to look for Chinese actors for the East-Asian factor this time?

[la-vie-noire.livejournal.com]

I know!!

Dude, but it's hard to imagine such a great conqueror as anything but white, don't you know!

[laurus-nobilis.livejournal.com]

... so we didn't learn anything after John Wayne did it?

I'm so, so glad about Bita.

[la-vie-noire.livejournal.com]

Clearly for Hollywood fifty years was such an evolution.

I am too!

[outou.livejournal.com]

I hope Ghaedi's case can set a good precedent for similar ones in the future.

Also, of course Mickey Rourke was going to be cast as Genghis Khan! They both, like, totally like dogs and have mustaches. And of course the only good actors available are white actors, right?! (Ugh, I'm so glad I haven't come across anyone supporting this moronic decision yet.)

[la-vie-noire.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I don't know about that. It has happened before.

Ugh, I'm so glad I haven't come across anyone supporting this moronic decision yet.

Dude, you know this shit is fucked up when even the ONTD folks are disapproving (mostly).