Al Yamamah campaigners win go ahead for legal action
The Government’s decision to drop the inquiry into corruption around the Al Yamamah arms deal is facing new scrutiny from the courts after campaigners won a request for a judicial review.
Corner House Research and Campaign Against the Arms Trade won their request for a judicial review after the judges ruled that “the challenge cries out for a hearing” and raises “matters of concern and public importance”.
Liberal Democrat leader Vince Cable comments:
“I am delighted that this is going to get a full hearing in the High Court.
“It is in the public interest to fully investigate the circumstances surrounding the dropping of this important investigation.
“It appears that the judiciary is more open than the British Government.”
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November 9th, 2007 at 2:36 pm
“Prince Bandar, challenged as to whether there is corruption in deals with the Saudi royal family, replies: “Yes. So what?”
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They say too many british jobs depend on arm deals with repressive regimes. They didn`t care about british jobs when they were doing away with hundreds of thousands of miners jobs, steel workers jobs or decimating the manufacturing base of the UK to make money for the few at the expense of the many.
November 9th, 2007 at 2:40 pm
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November 20th, 2007 at 11:16 pm
Is there anything anyone can do to stop this.
“November 20, 2007″
“Britain Institutes Death Penalty”
“For the first time, Britain will tomorrow deport a failed asylum seeker back to Uzbekistan. Jahongir Sidikov, a member of the banned main opposition party Erk, is currently held in Harmondswoth Detention Centre. His ticket has already been purchased for deportation tomorrow.”
“Previously, as a matter of policy, this country did not deport political activists to Uzbekistan because they will face severe torture and probable death. The totalitarian Uzbek government has since become even more repressive, with widespread imprisonment, torture and extra-judicial killing of dissidents. The immigration officers who escort Jahongir onto that plane are in effect implementing capital punishment. This is a deeply, deeply shameful action by New Labour.”…
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