Posted on 02/01/2023 1:30:38 PM PST by Twotone
It has been revealed that world-renowned author and philanthropist JK Rowling donated hundreds of thousands of British pounds to rescue over 100 female lawyers and their families who were facing possible execution in Afghanistan.
According to the Daily Mail, Rowling made the donation after Britain and the US withdrew from Kabul, leaving hundreds of female judges, prosecutors, and defense counsel at risk of execution by the Taliban.
With the help of fellow philanthropist Lord Michael Hintze, who contributed nearly one million British pounds, as well as large sums from other prominent donors and smaller sums from the public, a total of 508 at-risk Afghans were flown out of the country to safety.
Rowling is known for her generosity, and in fact dropped off the Forbes Billionaire List after donating vast sums of her wealth to various charities.
"You have a moral responsibility when you’ve been given far more than you need, to do wise things with it and give intelligently," she once said.
This particular act of kindness only came to light during a House of Lords debate Thursday when Lord Alton spoke of the "Schindler’s List moment" when the beloved children’s author and Lord Hintze answered a call for help from human rights lawyer Baroness Helena Kennedy for urgent funds to save the female legal professionals, most of whom were judges, and their families.
Lord Alton told the chamber that due to the "spontaneous, generous, and very substantial" donations, "some 500 people were evacuated - 103 were women lawyers, all of whom, with their children and husbands, were on Taliban kill lists."
"I have met some of the women judges and know that the noble Lord’s intervention, and that of the author JK Rowling, undoubtedly saved many lives."
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FJB
Good on her!
Nice to see a billionaire use their money for something positive.
She had gone up in my opinion since her stand on transgender nonsense.
How transphobic.
I hope they were all real women and not men pretending to be women.
And Biden donated $80 billion in military equipment to the Taliban.
People are so generous to Afghanistan!
Did she demand a refund if a male lawyer managed to escape as well?
“She had gone up in my opinion since her stand on transgender nonsense.”
She went up in my opinion BECAUSE of her transgender stance.
wow. God bless her!
Will this change any opinions by the liberals who have condemned her?
The male lawyers weren’t under a death sentence or any restriction whatsoever.
The women lawyers were facing extermination, one way or another, by the Taliban, and she rescued them and their families.
So presumably this includes their husbands.
Yes, I agree...she puts her money where her mouth is.
the left will all be howling now...
Not just liberals...
Every time something positive about her is posted some idiot has to say “She’s a liberal!!!”
Money vs Mouth. Labels are crutches for the weak of mind..
I know. I get so annoyed with FReepers sometimes...they can’t think outside of the labels.
If somebody does something right, praise them for it. When they do something wrong, criticize them. Regardless of label.
But the LGBTQWTF crowd will still hate her because she didn’t donate money to save *trans* lawyers from the Taliban.
Randomly I went to a RUSH concert many many years far from home, after it was over my friend who was driving wanted to show off his ‘super high tech prototype nav system’
We ended up in some little town at 11:55pm with at least 30 children dressed up as witches and fairies marching around town blocking the streets waiting for 12.01am so they could get the new potter book at their local independent bookstore.
I doubt it. Once you're on their bad list, it is next to impossible to redeem yourself in their eyes. They are a vindictive bunch without mercy.
Right after this Afghan disaster started, I started to meet at work Afghans who were able to get young female relatives out of that country. Most of these young ladies wanted to go to med school. They were torn between having freedom and leaving their families.
Also met a bunch of Afghans who were helping Americans during the war. Some made it out with their families, most did not.
The ones who came here alone knew there was a good chance they would be executed if they stayed.
FJB on steroids. And then some.
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