Redland Ready Mix truck dumping concrete along the Mansourieh (Lebanon) public road, refuses to stop for the police, then hits a parked SUV and runs. Captured in photos & video.
A Petition to Protect Freedom of Speech in Lebanon
Mr. President, Prime Minister, Members of the Cabinet and Elected Members of the Chamber of Deputies;
We the undersigned, Lebanese citizens , submit the following Resolution for your immediate consideration.
Whereas Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights declares: "Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers."
And whereas article 13 of the Lebanese Constitution states: "The freedom to express one's opinion orally or in writing, the freedom of the press, the freedom of assembly, and the freedom of association are guaranteed within the limits established by law."
And whereas Lebanon is an original signatory of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and a member of the Commission of Human Rights at the United Nations that was established to shephered the International Bill of Rights
It is hereby resolved that the accusations and pending charges against the four individuals accused maliciously and unfairly of libel against the President of the Republic Michel Suleiman be summarily dropped. And furthermore the legislative branch is hereby asked to abrogate the law under which said accusation was carried out since such law is inimical to freedom of expression as guaranteed by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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First of all, Lebanese people are not idiots, its you the ones that r so stupid to care for a freacking rabbit, while the web is full with pics of iraqi and palestinians being killed or eaten by [...]
Mate this was bloody awesome!
great job. i'm definitely Buzzing this post, and sharing :)
Keep it up, everyone has a video cam in their phones, better start use it pple.
That made me cringe.... the thought is nice, but that was not a "mass moonwalk" ... it was more like a few egocentric guys wanting to be applauded !!! dudes that was bad (except the guy in the w [...]
yeah and the israel children wrote letters to tje lebanese children on the bombs :S that was sick! :S
leave the children in peace...they are just children...
lebanon is a beautifull country..y [...]
what an accurate up to date list. im currently writing about how lebanese are allowing themselves to stop swimming in the sea because of "2 many jellyfish" when the problem is not jellyfish, the [...]
beaches in beirut is a major rip off.on the top of that employees treat customers like shit .i think u all need to upgrade ur service instead of increasing ur entrance.and make customers pay on [...]
Excellent post! You nailed all the shortcomings of the banana republic. I am citing your petition and post in a couple of places: http://docs.google.com/View?id=dg8pngq8_78cmd8dkfw and http: [...]
Nothing surprising. Just a few days ago, a French guy was arrested and fined in France for insulting the French President.
I don't see what the fuss is all about. These three clowns insulted [...]
wooow that's crazy
calls for an insult a lebanese politican day :) please do it! they are waayyy too idolized and especially that useless sleiman guy. If those 3 kids are allowed to stay in jai [...]
"Growing expatriate demand and steady demographic trends to continue sustaining real estate activity" what does that mean to you? to me, it means that perhaps the speculation of the real estat [...]
And these traffic fine increases are only in response to the increasing rate of road fatalities? What about the general congestion of the country, I'm sure it is directly related to the number [...]
fink, the reason I asked is because many Lebanese want to portray Lebanon in a way or another (Christian or Muslim).. I wasn't particularly hinting that you were doing so, just highlighting that [...]
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