Very quickly after lodging an official complaint with the Public Prosecution, the Minister of Electricity and Water has recanted and withdrawn the libel case against a municipal councillor after mediation efforts by the councilor’s colleagues. استجاب وزير الكهرباء الشيخ عبد الله بنسلمانآل خليÙÂØ© للجهود المكثÙÂØ© التيقام بها رئيسا مجلسيبلديالشمالية والوسطى …
This sounds SO familiar! وقال العضو البلديربيع ÙÂيرده على الاتهام الموجه له: أنا قلت ما قلت منباب ممارسة دوريالرقابيالذييكÙÂله الدستور ليكمواطنوكعضو بلدي، وقد ناشدت جلالة الملك بالتدخل لإصلاؠأوضاع الوزارة إصلاØÂاً كلياً. وأكد «أنا لم أهنأية سلطة، وإنما كنت أمارس دوريالرقابي، وهدÙÂيكانالصالؠالعام …
We went to the court this morning with a number of people already present and offered their support. But due to the main judge’s family bereavement, for which I would like to offer my sincere condolences to Shaikh Mohammed bin Ali on the passing of his mother, the case has been administratively deferred to be …
Thank you all for your unstinting support. I truly appreciate it. What I want to emphasize, if I may, this is not really a case against Mahmood Al-Yousif as much as it is a case against the tenets of the freedom of expression. We, the people, should not be cowed into a status of never …
We’re all gathering tomorrow morning at the Court building at 9:30. Cases are looked at starting at 10:00am. It’s a freedom of expression case, any way you look at it. Please show your opposition to attempts to stifle this freedom by being there. Thank you.