http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,17129-2056210,00.html Blair
condones Amin-style tactics against terrorism, says Archbishop By David Charter, Ruth Gledhill and Greg Hurst TONY
BLAIR was accused last night by the Archbishop of York of helping the Mr Blair was challenged
by Dr John Sentamu after refusing to condemn The Prime Minister also
risked the wrath of civil liberties campaigners — including his own wife
— by accusing Amnesty International and a cross-party committee of MPs of
looking at At his monthly news
conference, he said that too much time was spent examining the rights of
suspects compared to the “human rights of the rest of us to live in
safety”. Mr Blair had been stung
by criticism from the MPs’ Foreign Affairs Committee (FAC) that the
monitoring of suspects returned to countries with questionable human rights
records must not be a “fig leaf to disguise the real risk of
torture”. Mr Blair said:
“When people say to me unless I can get absolute cast-iron guarantees and
have all sorts of monitoring arrangements, we have got to keep people here who
may be engaging actively in inciting terrorism in this country, I have to say I
think we have got the world the wrong way round.” His outburst may even
cause a backlash at home. Cherie Booth, QC, his wife and a leading human rights
barrister, is due to give a speech at an event partly organised by Human Rights
Watch next week entitled Torture: Do the
rules still matter? Mr Blair spoke out
after the FAC called on him to push more vociferously for the closure of They were joined last
night in an attack by Dr Sentamu who compared President Bush’s human
rights record with that of the Ugandan dictator Idi Amin. Dr Sentamu, a former
High Court judge who fled Dr Sentamu said:
“This is not an ‘anomaly’. By declaring ‘war on
terror’ President Bush is perversely applying the rules of engagement
that apply in a war situation. But the prisoners are not being regularly
visited by the Red Cross or Red Crescent, which is required by the Geneva
Convention. They were not even allowed to be interviewed by the UN human rights
group. “In Mr Blair hinted that he
had spoken more strongly about But returning to the
issue of suspects that “I do not see why
we should not be able to deport people who are not nationals of this country
but have come here to cause trouble.” Mr
Blair also denied that there was any evidence for claims that terror suspects
were carried on up to 200 American flights through Kate Allen, RIGHTS REPORT Amnesty International report on On anti-terrorism
powers since September 11, 2001: “People suspected
of involvement in terrorism who have been detained in the On the Terrorism Bill
before Parliament: “Some of its most
sweeping and vague provisions, if enacted, would undermine the rights to
freedom of _expression_, association, liberty and fair trial.” On the admissibility of
evidence obtained by torture: “Amnesty
International is increasingly concerned that UK’s policies and actions at
home and abroad are effectively sending a ‘green light’ to other
governments to abuse human rights.” On rendition flights: “Amnesty International
remains concerned about the allegations that the On “Amnesty
International is concerned at the failure, to date, of the UK Government to
oppose with any real vigour the human rights scandal that Commons Foreign Affairs Committee report
on human rights: On
allegations of rendition by the “The Government
has a duty . . . to make clear to the
On using information
obtained by torture in third countries: “We recommend
that the Government clearly set out its policy on the use of information
derived by other states through torture.” On “The continued
use of GREG HURST *************************************************************************** {Invite (mankind, O Muhammad ) to the Way of your Lord (i.e. Islam) with wisdom (i.e. with the Divine Inspiration and the Qur'an) and fair preaching, and argue with them in a way that is better. Truly, your Lord knows best who has gone astray from His Path, and He is the Best Aware of those who are guided.} (Holy Quran-16:125) {And who is better in speech than he who [says: "My Lord is Allah (believes in His Oneness)," and then stands straight (acts upon His Order), and] invites (men) to Allah's (Islamic Monotheism), and does righteous deeds, and says: "I am one of the Muslims."} (Holy Quran-41:33) The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "By Allah, if Allah guides one person by you, it is better for you than the best types of camels." [al-Bukhaaree, Muslim] The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) also said, "Whoever calls to guidance will have a reward similar to the reward of the one who follows him, without the reward of either of them being lessened at all." [Muslim, Ahmad, Aboo Daawood, an-Nasaa'ee, at-Tirmidhee, Ibn Maajah] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- All views expressed herein belong to the individuals concerned and do not in any way reflect the official views of IslamCity unless sanctioned or approved otherwise. If your mailbox clogged with mails from IslamCity, you may wish to get a daily digest of emails by logging-on to http://www.yahoogroups.com to change your mail delivery settings or email the moderators at [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the title "change to daily digest".
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