Apparently your only way out is to be the head of your state, if you have done something evil.
Or a diplomat https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Harry_Dunn
Am I missing something?
Realistically, the US aren't sending her back. And considering she works/worked for the CIA, it's not exactly surprising.
She has stated that she will not return on her own free will to face a prison sentence for this accident.
She had diplomatic immunity so clearly the US aren't going to send her back. And if you were her you wouldn't go back to go to prison. This is basically a show trial.
I do believe big and serious awards should be done posthumously. I don't believe in for example, naming Airports or large buildings after someone who is/was still a live at dedication time.
However, I will acquiesce to asterisks --not removals.
And yes, I know there are good and valid reason for leaders to be given some level of immunity to allow them to not be, well, targeted and locked up by current regime on trumped charges, but this is not the situation we have in place here ( and those tend to be limited by the time they serve in office - MBS is likely to enjoy this immunity for life ).
I don't know if it is the real threat of impending nuclear war ( and everything that was done so far to prevent it ) that makes me so depressed about the world, but it is harder and harder for me not to feel.. disappointed with the way things are.
edit: FWIW, Biden finally recognized the reality of who is running that particular kingdom. In a way, it is an embarrassing political defeat, which I assume was purchased with something. I suppose we will find out that what that something was in coming months.
" The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed allegations of "larger conspiracy" levelled by Zakia Jafri, widow of Congress leader Ehsan Jafri who was killed in the 2002 Gujarat riots, against former Chief Minister Narendra Modi and over 60 senior state officials.
Inaction or failure of "some officials of one section of the State administration" cannot be the basis to infer a pre-planned criminal conspiracy by the State government, the court held.
The failure of certain officials cannot be inferred as a "State-sponsored crime (violence) against the minority community", the Supreme Court said.
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https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/2002-gujarat-riots-su... (This is a left-leaning newspaper)
The thing with MBS is there was no independent investigation done by any agency in Saudi.
“How is the investigation of US president trump by the US congress an independent investigation…?”
I mean - fair point, it's not.
Are they independent if going against him means you most likely will lose your job next election cycle?
Now, it is entirely fair to argue that that the powers in question are colluding in some way. But most states that haven't been subverted into authoritarianism have multiple actors with the power and (sometimes) will to investigate other ones.
I mean, if you take that argument far enough, no human could judge any other human, because none of them are "independent".
Just to clarify on you not being a Modi supporter: Do you feel that Modi is doing not enough or too much to combat terrorists/internal threats in India?
My suspicion is that you are to the right of Modi but intentionally trying to obscure that by saying that you aren't a Modi supporter, which would typically imply to the left of Modi. A brief perusal of your comments seems to suggest that is the case.
No, it was state sponsored violence, instigated by Narendra Modi alone. Judgements by a compromised court hold no water.
Here are the details of the pogrom of Zakias condo complex
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulbarg_Society_massacre
Even worse the testimony of police officers who have now been imprisoned
https://www.hindusforhumanrights.org/en/blog/for-immediate-r...
Even worse there is direct video confession by the rapists and murderers (who were convicted later) of Modi starting the riots and supporting them with state apparatus.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babu_Bajrangi
The video where Modis leadership is made explicit at 6:30
To double down, this year Modis central government set several rapists and murderers who had been given life sentences free on Indian Independence Day and issued election tickets to the relatives of the convicted rapists and murderers.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/17/asia/india-bilkis-bano-rape-g...
https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/politics-behind...
Your linking to a report on the supreme court judgement in a "left leaning" newspaper as some kind of evidence is absurd. It's a report about the judgment not an editorial.
https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/an-exoneration/ar...
It doesn't get more naked and bald faced than this
Modi was dismissed. They didn't look into it. He avoided All investigations when it happened and still avoids questioning to this day. No one was punished. No blood money made its way. Nothing.
Many more people died at modi's hands than MBS. There is no comparison.
Here are some more points that I've read about (not sure if true), if can you clarify them:
1. The involvement of cabinet ministers of Modi's government.
2. The non-involvement of the State Police which were under Modi's control.
3. Modi's refusal to deploy the Armed Forces (which fall under the command of the Central Government).
4. Rioters having access to State Government census records and the State Government-controlled supplies like LPG cylinders.
5. Since murdered BJP Leader Haren Pandya's confession of Modi being complicit.
And a laundry list of other things that Supreme Court of India probably looked at and dismissed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_Gujarat_riots#Allegations...
Power is what others respect. everything else is just BS