Amnesty International UK have started a campaign on the Labour Party website "Labourspace". Please cast your vote to help promote Human Rights in the area of Terrorism, Security and Human Rights. This is an opportunity to show the UK Government your strength of feeling on this issue. Please pass this on to all your friends and contacts as quickly as possible as we only have until the end of February to get as many votes as we can.
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I wrote as a comment: "I whole heartedly support this motion. I have been shocked, disappointed, appalled, angered and more by this government that has repeatedly ignored its human rights obligations."
There are so many areas that Labour have disappointed - Guantanamo Bay, Belmarsh, ID cards, anti-terrorist legislation and more - the CIA abuses are just the latest example. See the latest news release from Green MEP Jean Lambert - the so-called 'war' on terror has been used by some to rework international law and defy international conventions on human rights and the treatment of those detained (on suspicion, not proof) without trial or any due process. The recent EU report is seriously critical of the role of the UK in this murky saga, not only the fact that there were 170 stopovers by CIA flights in the UK but also that the UK Government failed to co-operate fully with the Committee and also refused consular services to residents that were detained.
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