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Aral Balkan
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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    Aral Balkan‏ @aral 1 Feb 2013

    RT @michaelw90: @GaryRae @aral completely agree. By being in another country you must face their punishments unfortunately. Really guys?

    1:02 AM - 1 Feb 2013
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      2. James Dinsdale‏ @molovo 1 Feb 2013
        Replying to @aral

        @aral it would be a blatant "our laws are better than yours" to the Indonesian government, would cause *huge* diplomatic issues

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      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 1 Feb 2013
        Replying to @molovo

        @molovo This is not about our laws vs their laws—it’s about getting her a lawyer to defend herself under their laws.

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      4. James Dinsdale‏ @molovo 1 Feb 2013
        Replying to @aral

        @aral no I totally agree, she deserves representation, you're doing good. But it's a can of worms our government really don't want to open

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      5. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 1 Feb 2013
        Replying to @molovo

        @molovo Indeed, they are too busy dismantling the NHS and taking benefits away from the vulnerable.

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      6. James Dinsdale‏ @molovo 1 Feb 2013
        Replying to @aral

        @aral I'm as anti-tory as you. But imagine if Saudi Arabia sent a legal team to the UK to defend Abu Hamza. Would destroy the relationship

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      7. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 1 Feb 2013
        Replying to @molovo

        @molovo But they could hire a legal team here. That wouldn’t be a diplomatic incident.

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      8. James Dinsdale‏ @molovo 1 Feb 2013
        Replying to @aral

        @aral I guess we'll agree to disagree. I'm gonna put £20 in anyway. I really wish you (and Lindsay) the best of luck

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      9. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 1 Feb 2013
        Replying to @molovo

        @molovo Thanks, James, appreciate it—nothing wrong with agreeing to disagree :)

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      2. Harold‏ @hsl 1 Feb 2013
        Replying to @aral

        @aral I admire what you’re doing, but they are very strict with their anti drugs law,especially on Bali, a lawyer won’t make a difference :(

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      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 1 Feb 2013
        Replying to @hsl

        @hsl Of course a lawyer will make a difference. And we can make a difference. International attention can too.

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      4. Harold‏ @hsl 1 Feb 2013
        Replying to @aral

        @aral well, a few months ago there was a similar case with a dutch woman, there all the attention and lawyers didn't change a thing :(

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      5. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 1 Feb 2013
        Replying to @hsl

        @hsl Well, we can only hope. Every case is different. We always have a chance to make a difference.

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      1. JivaDeVoe‏ @JivaDeVoe 2 Feb 2013
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        @aral @michaelw90 @GaryRae I try hard to be compassionate, but there’s compassion and there’s gullibility.

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      1. Sibylle Weber‏ @sibweber 1 Feb 2013
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        @aral @michaelw90 @GaryRae In this case there might have been pressure on her family. Do we know the background? No. Life != black & white

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      1. Aegir  🇪🇺‏ @aegirthor 1 Feb 2013
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        @aral These people sicken me. As if humanity and compassion automatically stop at national borders, by some weird new law of physics.

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      1. JivaDeVoe‏ @JivaDeVoe 2 Feb 2013
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        @aral @michaelw90 @GaryRae and she has no friends or family she’s been nice enough to in 56 yrs of life that can pay $5k? Something smells.

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      1. JivaDeVoe‏ @JivaDeVoe 2 Feb 2013
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        @aral @michaelw90 @GaryRae consider that for a moment… 56 years old, smuggling 10lbs of coke? That’s a lot!

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      1. JivaDeVoe‏ @JivaDeVoe 2 Feb 2013
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        @aral @michaelw90 @GaryRae wonder if there’s more to the story. She has no family willing to help her? Maybe she burned those bridges.

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      1. JivaDeVoe‏ @JivaDeVoe 2 Feb 2013
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        @aral @michaelw90 @GaryRae she was a guest in another country and she blatantly broke the law. That’s the penalty for it in that country.

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      1. JivaDeVoe‏ @JivaDeVoe 2 Feb 2013
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        @aral @michaelw90 @GaryRae its a harsh punishment, but at 56 yrs old she should be able to take personal responsibility for her actions no?

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