I was interviewed last night by BBC 5 and the episode of BBC Radio Five Live’s Pods and Blogs. Here’s a link to the episode if you wish to listen. My segment is at around 39:00. Thanks Chris for calling.
More shenanigans it looks like: – خلت الدائرة الرابعة ÙÂيالمØÂاÙÂظة الوسطى منبطاقات التصويت قبل منتص٠النهار ونتج عنذلك توق٠لعملية التصويت. .. – ÙÂيالدائرة الثامنة ÙÂيالمØÂاÙÂظة الوسطى لم يتم ÙÂØÂص هوية المنقبات ÙˆÙÂÙ‚ الآلية الجاريالعمل بها. Al-Wasat :: 27 Nov, ’06 The Bahrain Human Rights Society and the Transparency …
Thanks to William Wallis’ article in the Financial Times of Nov 24th which featured Mahmood’s Den, that article has made it all over the internet, the highest profile site to follow up on it is the hugely popular Boing Boing! So if you came here from Boing Boing’s link, you’re more than welcome. Stick around …
So now it seems official. The throne has used its whiles to ensure that Dr. Munira Fakhro does not get elected to parliament. Up to the initial vote count last night, she had 2,853 votes to the bought and paid for royal puppet Salah Ali’s 2,867. A mere 14 votes difference which ensured that there …
update 20:05: I wrongly thought that this video was showing newly naturalized citizens about to cast their ballots. That notion was corrected by Ehsan, hence I have corrected the main heading of the piece (removed “casting their ballots”). Thanks Ehsan.