Official: Sudan will continue amputations - UPI.com

Unbelievably savage story from Sudan of Sharia court amputations

'KHARTOUM, Sudan, March 12 (UPI) -- Judges can receive special training to perform court-ordered amputations if doctors refuse to carry out the sentences, a Sudanese justice said Tuesday.

Deputy Chief Justice Abdul Rahman Sharfi added that any doctors who refuse "the rule of Allah" will themselves face prosecution, the Sudan Tribune reported.

He made the comments at a news conference in response to strong criticism from human rights groups concerning last month's amputation of the right hand and left foot of a man found guilty of armed robbery.

"We cherish the book of Allah (Koran) and not the Hippocratic Oath," said Sharfi.

He said if doctors refuse to follow Islamic law the government is prepared to train and qualify some judges to perform court-ordered amputations.

Sharfi said more than 16 amputation sentences have been carried out since 2001.

Sudanese President Omer Hassan al-Bashir has said he wants to adopt a "100 percent" Islamic constitution now that the South has split off.'

Thanks to http://m.upi.com/story/UPI-83841363096550/

I await the BBC's coverage...Martin Plaut will be all over this

Martin Plaut opines

Martin Plaut thinks Tories are 'lower than vermin', I think he might have a problem with Israel as well. Is he the ideal BBC journalist?

Fortunately for Martin Plaut he was able to tweet later this

Phew, what a relief for Martin Plaut.

"I always think that impartiality is in our DNA - it's part of the BBC's genetic make-up."

"I always think that impartiality is in our DNA - it's part of the BBC's genetic make-up."

That was Helen Boaden, the then director of BBC News.

‘No amount of cajolery, and no attempts at ethical or social seduction, can eradicate from my heart a deep burning hatred for the Tory Party. So far as I am concerned they are lower than vermin.’

That's Martin Plaut, the BBC World Service Africa editor. He was being interviewed in The KentishTowner. I wonder how unbiased any reports of his would be if they involve any mention of the Conservative lead coalition government? I wonder how many more BBC editors feel the same? I wonder if any are right-wingers who feel that way aboutthe Labour party?

This sort of hatred of the Tories seems to be endemic in the BBC and helps to explain how and why the BBC Newsnight programme got enthusiastic about slurring the name of a senior Conservative of the Thatcher government era.


The context for that statement by Martin Plaut was this Q&A:

'Who or what do you hate and why? Tories. As Aneurin Bevan said: ‘No amount of cajolery, and no attempts at ethical or social seduction, can eradicate from my heart a deep burning hatred for the Tory Party. So far as I am concerned they are lower than vermin.’ '

It seems that Bob Geldof wasn't a huge fan of Martin Plaut either!