Tag Archive: Morocco

Entitlement

Author: Satish Sekar March 17, 2018 0 Comments

By Satish Sekar © Satish Sekar (March 15th 2018) Scandal 25 years ago today a precursor of the ‘Me Too’ movement claimed a very important victory in an unlikely place. Morocco, at the time, was seen as a place where…
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Articles, Capital Idea

Abdessalam Bekkali, Ahmed Ouachi, Casablanca, Death Penalty, Dr Driss Lahlou, Hay Mohammadi-Ain Sebâa, Kenitra Prison, King Mohammed VI, Mohamed Mustapha Tabet, Morocco, Moutachawiq Case, Mustapha ben Maghnia

The Origins of Al-Andalus and Beyond

Author: Satish Sekar February 10, 2018 0 Comments

By Satish Sekar © Satish Sekar (February 1st 2018) The Umayyads It was one of the world’s major empires, albeit a short-lived one, but its influence, culturally, historically, politically, etc. was immense and not just in Spain, but Morocco too….
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Al-Andalus, Al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik, Berbers, Caliph Al-Walid I, Emir of Ifriqiya, Gebral Tariq, Gibraltar, Julian the Count of Ceuta, Morocco, Muawaiya ibn Abi Sufyan, Musa ibn Nusayr, Rodéric, Spain, Tangier, Tariq ibn Ziyad, the Umayyads, Theodofred, Visigoths, Wittiza

Killer Cops – The Failure of Deterrence

Author: Satish Sekar April 14, 2017 0 Comments

By Satish Sekar © Satish Sekar (April 14th 2017) Deterrence? Article 50 has been triggered, but it has emerged that many Brexit supporters want more than tighter immigration controls – they want the return of capital punishment too, but what…
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Articles, Capital Idea

China, Death Penalty, deterrence, execution, Handan, James Robertson, Malik Mumtaz Qadri, Mohamed Mustafa Tabet, Morocco, Salmaan Taseer, Wang Xiwen

The Poster Boy of Infamy

Author: Satish Sekar April 2, 2016 0 Comments

By Satish Sekar © Satish Sekar (April 1st 2016) A Beast in Uniform The death penalty is the ultimate deterrent, or so we keep hearing. Really? Then how do its supporters explain the actions and fate of former Casablanca police…
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Articles, Capital Idea

Abdesalam Bekkali, Ahmed Ouachi, Casablanca, Dr Driss Lahlou, Mohamed Mustafa Tabet, Morocco, Mustafa Benmaghnia, police, rape

Tales of Deterrence – Introduction

Author: Satish Sekar January 6, 2015 0 Comments

The Ultimate Deterrent? It is often said that capital punishment is the ultimate deterrent. The Fitted-In Project is not convinced. No matter how harsh the punishment it cannot deter criminals who do not think that they will ever be brought…
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Capital Idea

Britain, capital punishment, Edith Thompson, Ernest Moss, gallows, Gwynne Evans, hanged, John Ellis, John Reginald Halliday Christie, John West, Morocco, Peter Allen, police officer, Ruth Ellis, solicitor, the USA, TIMOTHY EVANS

“Satish is an author of ‘Fitted In: The Cardiff 3 and the Lynette White Inquiry‘ and the recently published “The Cardiff Five: Innocent Beyond Any Doubt“. He is also a journalist, academic, researcher and expert, especially for those who have suffered miscarriages of justice. Although at times, Satish is highly critical of the criminal justice system, he only challenges from a position of desiring improvement for the benefit of all, whether they be the investigator or the investigated. Members…

Ruwan Uduwerage-Perera

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“Satish is a dedicated investigative journalist who worked hard to investigate the background to the jailing of the Cardiff Three for the 1988 murder of Lynette White. The success of their appeal against their convictions is largely down to his hard work. He wrote the story of this case and his subsequent campaign to have the case reinvestigated in his book ‘Fitted In: The Cardiff Three and the Lynette White Inquiry’. I wanted to write about the forensic aspects of the case in my book Cold…

Liz Porter Sunday AgeAustralia

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