Comments on: Uyghur Documentary To Feature At Film Series

By: Takbir Karriem Sharrieff

Takbir Karriem Sharrieff — Tue, 12 May 2015 12:18:11 +0000

Alvin Williams…..thank you for being honest and providing to the Public the reasl players that I asked for……..America……Bermuda …….and Great Britian….all in the plan together………..and Ewart Browne taking the heat off all of their behinds……everybody knows it.Now go figure …..no money exchanges….?????? …..no palm greasing……….??????? Wake up Bermuda…!

By: Kiskadee

Kiskadee — Tue, 12 May 2015 10:36:53 +0000

So how many children do these men have now that we, the tax- payers , have to educate? Do these men have jobs and do they have a roof over their heads as many of our Bermudians do not !

By: Sorry but ...

Sorry but ... — Tue, 12 May 2015 09:57:19 +0000

Mockingjay, not sure what that has to do with the question. Whether or not we took in some refuges is a very different question from whether or not our former Premier had the authority to negotiate with a foreign government. He did not.

By: Mockingjay

Mockingjay — Tue, 12 May 2015 01:33:46 +0000

If my memory serves me correct, did we take in some Vietnamese people some time ago too?

By: Sorry but ...

Sorry but ... — Tue, 12 May 2015 00:08:29 +0000

Bermuda is not the party that made the deal. That was a former Premier who had no authority to deal with the US government. None whatsoever.

By: Sorry but ...

Sorry but ... — Mon, 11 May 2015 21:45:21 +0000

Sorry but EFB did not have the authority to negotiate with the US government and strike any deal, let alone the one he did.

Unfortunately, as unconstutional as it was, Bermuda is stuck with it. And the four Uighers are stuck with it as well.

By: Alvin Williams

Alvin Williams — Mon, 11 May 2015 21:06:33 +0000

One day the truth will be told about this issue and that is all a ruse cooked up by both the Americans and the British who were well aware of the agreement made by former premier Browne and the Americans to take in these four Uyghurs. The British were concern about one issue and one one issue alone and that was it’s trading relations with China. Not long after the four Uyghurs were brought to Bermuda and the British fain their disapproval; a large British trade mission embark on a visit to China led by the British prime minister. Therefore it could not be seen that a British Overseas territory would take in members of a people who just like the people of Tibet are under Chinese Han rule having their country over run. In fact both the British and the Americans acted together in bringing so-called enemy combatants out of conflict areas which for the most part ended up in Guantanamo Bay. So do you really think that the British did not know what the Americans had asked Bermuda to do with regard to the four Uyghurs?

By: Takbir Karriem Sharrieff

Takbir Karriem Sharrieff — Mon, 11 May 2015 20:06:14 +0000

This modern form of slavery……buying and selling of human beings or human chattell ….some say human cattle is no different from what happened on the slave blocks of Africa.There was a Slave Trader and a Slave Traitor.One can not exist without the other.Life is just like that in 2015..Ho Hum just the players change……You figure it out and get back to me …..with the Players..!

By: Raymond Ray

Raymond Ray — Mon, 11 May 2015 18:46:59 +0000

@ Jeremy: It shouldn’t as long as we bare the burden of housing, employing the four Uyghurs plus their families. Dr Ewart Brown must do, “the right things” for his country men / women who are home /jobless…Okay, I maybe asking too much

By: Raymond Ray

Raymond Ray — Mon, 11 May 2015 18:38:15 +0000

That was “a deal done under the cloak of darkness” Yes, unbeknownst to the people of the Island…We are a British Island / Colony and England still has the last say. Therefore they must, “step-up-to-the-mic” a.s.a.p. and solve this issue…

By: Jeremy Deacon

Jeremy Deacon — Mon, 11 May 2015 16:06:01 +0000

‘This too shall pass ….’

By: Christopher Notorius

Christopher Notorius — Mon, 11 May 2015 15:08:16 +0000

I certainly hope the man of the moment is mentioned in this film. You know, the man who made this humanitarian gesture, for absoluetly no personal gain (trying best to contain my laughter). The man who’s name of course cannot be mentioned.

By: eXpat

eXpat — Mon, 11 May 2015 14:34:31 +0000

No, Bermuda brought them (thankfully that is) … if Bermuda is not willing to take further responsibility to see this to the end (as initially promised) so that this chapter can be closed, that is a different story, but do not delude or lie to yourself. Bermuda was compensated and Bermuda brought & ‘bought’ them.

By: eXpat

eXpat — Mon, 11 May 2015 14:17:30 +0000

Raymond – I do not think there was a money back guarantee or any refund clauses when Bermuda (Yes Bermuda, your Premier made the deal on behalf of Bermuda, which is a right he possessed due to his position) made the deal with the United States and received compensation for having them settled here. This makes it a very much Bermuda Government issue that they transacted to and this is exactly where the ‘buck’ should stop.

Bermuda made the deal, now they should live up to it. If contracts entered into by Bermuda’s Premier cannot be honored, I am sure we can all foresee the impact on Bermuda’s credibility within International Relations this will have.

By: Sickofantz

Sickofantz — Mon, 11 May 2015 13:43:52 +0000

Exactly they ‘Bought them”.

By: Raymond ray

Raymond ray — Mon, 11 May 2015 12:51:31 +0000

Not meaning to come off, “inconsiderate or cold” yet I do believe these four individuals, (plus families) weren’t our problem and in reality, shouldn’t still be “a thorn in the side” of the Bermudas Government, especially when we have born Bermudians homeless
This is a matter that is long over-due and must be dealt with as soon as possible. I personally believe it is an American issue and the President should allow them residency in his country…