Some of these charges were dropped, at least one resulted in a small fine.

The Smangus people considered the charge a stigmatization of aboriginal people and decided to fight back in the court.

The U.N. and human rights organizations have accused the government of launching indiscriminate attacks on civilians. Rebel groups have also faced the same accusation, but the Assad regime is unique in its use of barrel bombs.

The Arab Bloggers Union has been following with great sorrow the emergence of some offensive blogs, which are hurling accusations and using derogatory terms against religions, prophets and beliefs, trespassing over the Divine, casting doubt on the values and beliefs of our community and abusing our ethics.

Through my discussions with people in my village, I found that there is a mass avoidance of volunteer work because of the difficulties involved, beginning with the amount of work to the unending responsibilities and accusations which people cannot withstand.