Amazing that a person of his public stature would be so fantastically cruel (and so supremely stupid, since he had himself videotaped doing it all).
Let's hope the UAE succumbs to pressure on this issue and punishes him appropriately instead of sticking to their story that an investigation already showed that all UAE rules and laws were followed (though I won't hold my breath for that to happen, as we all know blood is thicker than anything in this part of the world).
At the very least, maybe the US will deny him a visa for any future visits. I hate to imagine an abhorrent individual like this wanker, staying in MY friggin country, living high off the hog in the Four Season's Presidential Suite.
Amazing that a person of his public stature would be so fantastically cruel (and so supremely stupid, since he had himself videotaped doing it all).
Let's hope the UAE succumbs to pressure on this issue and punishes him appropriately instead of sticking to their story that an investigation already showed that all UAE rules and laws were followed (though I won't hold my breath for that to happen, as we all know blood is thicker than anything in this part of the world).
At the very least, maybe the US will deny him a visa for any future visits. I hate to imagine an abhorrent individual like this wanker, staying in MY friggin country, living high off the hog in the Four Season's Presidential Suite.
For those of you able to access these links:
Human Rights Watch website (with their original story about the Sheikh's abuse):
http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2009/04/28/uae-prosecute-torture-royal-family...
Parts of the video as aired on ABC network news program:
http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=7407186
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