Thursday 24 November 2011

Lieber shadow Law Sec supporting a terrorist friend?

No matter how you gloss this story, the facts speak for themselves. Lancashire have three labour MP directly involved with the Miller Family, or through office as a Minister of State.

One, as MP for Blackburn and Minister of Justice Mr Jack Straw, promised the Miller Family that he would do everything he could to ensure that Andy Miller's children received justice. All the MP's have done is draw their enormous salaries and ignored the English family whilst a suspected terrorist gets every assistance our taxes can provide.

While Lieber rewrite history, they are conveniently forgetting the promises of the Office to defend the people who fought for our Nation. Instead they choose to fight for those who want to destroy us. Lieber's promises are proving not to be worth the paper they are not written on.
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I have been very concerned about the situation regarding Babar, and I have taken a number of steps to try to help his case, and support his family and friends ever since he was first arrested and since being elected as the MP for Tooting. I asked for a meeting with the Home Secretary in order to discuss Babar’s case with him prior to the 16 July extradition deadline. I also hosted a cross party meeting in parliament on 4 July organised by the family, friends and supporters of Babar Ahmad, highlighting concerns about the Extradition Treaty.
Unfortunately, the Home Secretary has allowed the extradition request. Babar Ahmad's lawyers have now appealed to the High Court and he is awaiting a hearing that should
begin shortly.

I have added my name to an Early Day Motion which urges the Government to amend parts of the Extradition Act 2003. I have also been asking my parliamentary colleagues to sign
the EDM too. You can read the text of the EDM here.

I have known Babar Ahmad for over fifteen years. We both grew up in Tooting. We have both been privileged enough to go to university and to gain good jobs afterwards.

Unfortunately our lives have taken quite differing directions in the last couple of
years. Whilst I have been fortunate enough to be elected to Parliament to represent the constituency of Tooting, Babar has been detained in Woodhill Prison. He has been in prison now for two years, awaiting extradition to the USA.
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