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Sunday, January 17, 2010

We Must Not Renege on War Crime Laws

We are shocked at suggestions by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office minister Ivan Lewis and foreign secretary David Miliband that Britain may consider changing its laws to avoid any future attempts to prosecute suspected war criminals, Israeli or otherwise. The UK must not renege on its international treaty obligations, particularly those under the fourth Geneva convention to seek out and prosecute persons suspected of war crimes wherever and whoever they are, whatever their status, rank or influence, against whom good prima facie evidence has been laid. We reject any attempt to undermine the judiciary's independence and integrity. A judge who finds sufficient evidence of a war crime must have power to order the arrest of a suspect, subject to the usual rights to bail and appeal.'

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  1. Hi Andy, hows things? hope everythings working out. I noticed when I view your blog in firefox some of your videos cover your text and blogroll, obscuring them. There is a way to resize them smaller, theres also a way to get all your links to open in a new window, if you want to know how to do either drop me a line, just leave a comment on my latest post at http://ukwebspider.blogspot.com/
    Regards Dave

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