Comments on: BJA condemns minister’s reneging on an agreement to drop case against blogger

By: محاكمة المدون محمود اليوسف الثلاثاء القادم « قاسميات

محاكمة المدون محمود اليوسف الثلاثاء القادم « قاسميات — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 11:47:57 +0000

[...] إلى النيابة العامة، و تظافر الجهود و الدعم من عدة جهات كجمعية الصحفيين البحرينية و جمعية البحرين لحقوق الانسان، و كذلك الجمعيات [...]

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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 23:14:14 +0000

mahmood use a bahraini flag as a gag; cause thats what our country stands for.

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By: Bernie

Bernie — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 17:24:12 +0000

Oh man, this kind of support is absolutely invaluable. Well done the journalists.

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By: mahmood

mahmood — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 13:23:43 +0000

It looks like I’ll be in Kuwait next week to be on KTV, shall I bring the gag with me? :devil:

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By: Kiwi Nomad

Kiwi Nomad — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 13:03:15 +0000

Love the red gag!

The more publicity that is generated the more Mansour bin Rajab paints himself into a corner…

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By: Butterfly

Butterfly — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 07:53:08 +0000

are = is

sorry!

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By: Butterfly

Butterfly — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 07:51:10 +0000

I do agree with Bandergate. I worked on contracts/agreements for seven years and out of my experience I can assure you that verbal agreement are considered by law as legal contract.

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By: Bandargate

Bandargate — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 07:22:37 +0000

the thing has to be signed, sealed and delivered

I have to dissagree with you Manzour. A deal is a deal even if it is a verbal one. You don’t have to sign it or seal it. The only thing needed is to be “delivered” and this has been fulfilled verbally. A verbal agreement is legal according to the Common Law. Besides, it’s not good for the image of a minister to break deals.

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By: mahmood

mahmood — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 07:19:30 +0000

Bandargate, thank you. I am amenable to a settlement as I have been from the start. I do believe that one should give peaceful resolutions every chance to succeed.

It is unfortunate that the Minister did not see it this way and interpreted this as a sign of weakness, he is probably also at the illusion that he might actually win this case.

To him, even if he does, it will be nothing more than a Pyhrric victory which will be at the expense of his own standing and reputation.

This is really not against me and never was, he wants to silence any criticism on his good person. This is nothing less than a full scale attack on the freedom of expression.

It is rather ironic that he chose the month on which the 6th anniversary of our very own Bill of Rights (the Charter) was created.

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By: Bandargate

Bandargate — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 07:11:37 +0000

I don’t think it’s a very bad idea to reconsider an agreement. If removing one or 2 “bad” comments will end this hassle, why not Mahmood?
I think the agreement was going very well until the release of this strongly worded press. I do encourage Mr. Marzooq to continue his good mediation efforts instead of raising the tension. As it’s said in our tradition, there are two ways to manage a strong wind: to face it or bend and let it pass away. I recommend the 2nd choice here. Of course we will still remain supportive to you in whatever course you decide.

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