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42-days detention scrap is victory for freedom


14/10/2008

THE Ramadhan Foundation pays tribute to the House of Lords who defeated the UK Government’s proposal for 42 day detention for terror suspects as a great victory for freedom and justice.

This government has not only lost the vote but lost the argument – the British people can sleep easily tonight to know that freedom and justice has been protected from an authoritarian government.

Having said this, the terrorist threat is real and we must all come together as a nation to eliminate this, the Ramadhan Foundation once again states clearly that Islam forbids this evil of killing innocent people and will continue to support the work that is being done to protect the country.

We will continue the campaign to highlight the challenges for our country in getting rid of extremism and will not engage like some have in demonising whole communities.

The threat from terrorism is real and present and we must come together to deal with it.

We have for over 12 months campaigned heavily to bring to the attention of politicians and policy makers that the answer to identifying and eradicating terrorism and extremism is not locking up and isolating innocent people from minority communities but rather building confidences and having a open debate on the underlining reasons for terrorism.

We welcome the government’s withdrawal of the 42 day proposal but we strongly oppose any attempt to reintroduce this – they have lost the argument for longer detention and good riddance to bad legislation.

Chief executive of the Foundation, Mohammed Shafiq


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   The problem with the Government is that in the name of national security and the fight against terrorism, ethnic minority groups civil liberties are being eroded. The mad idea of Jacqui Smith's to create a national database is a dangerous tool because if it is allowed to be implemented, the government may use retrospective conversations such as two people talking in 2001 saying "I dropped a bomb" in the context of 'I dropped a clanger'as the basis of suspecting an innocent victim. Then you have the dangerous Cressida Dick stating - another Juan Charles de Menes (sorry if I spelt the name wrong)situation could arise and another innocent victim be killed! This government in it's 10 years has allowed the terrorist threat to grow through lack of competent policies or vigilance or security systems and all headed by the same Jacqui Smith - I refer to the unvetted immigration workers who were not given immigration checks or clearance, the loss of personal data, the detention without charge, denying innocent victims access to legal representation, the list goes on. Furthermore, having the racist police (http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/feb/25/police.law)listening in to your conversations can prejudice other aspects of your life covering legal or insurance claims. These calls are supposed to be confidential but with the racist police listening, this is an abuse of process and infringes an individuals right to goods and services that fall outside of the national security proviso. Therefore, the next time you put in for legal aid or an insurance claim and you are given a refusal, make sure that the grounds for refusal are valid and not prejudicial to your rights to goods and services.

Any Mouse
Any Mouse
18/10/2008 at 18:50
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