by sumac | Aug 16, 2015 | Institutional Apologies
In Maajid Nawaz’s book Radical: My Journey out of Islamist Extremism, he tells of an unpleasant experience with the Essex police when he was 15. (Nawaz was born in Essex. His parents were born in Pakistan.) Someone had spotted his 16-year-old brother...
by sumac | Feb 10, 2014 | Artistic apologies, Political Apologies
I was shocked and sorry when I read that captured members of Pussy Riot had apologized in court. I was worried for them. Apologies made by captives are as suspect as confessions from prisoners covered with bruises. Then I read the apology. Pussy Riot is a Russian...
by snarly | Oct 7, 2012 | Political Apologies
Tunisia’s president issued a “state apology” to a woman who was raped by police, then charged with indecency. The woman and her fiance had been in a car that was approached by three officers; two raped the woman while the third escorted the fiance to...
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