Apply human rights to Zaoui not a legal manoeuvre
Tuesday, 12 October 2004, 9:20 pm
Press Release: Progressive Party
Apply human rights to Ahmed Zaoui, not a legal manoeuvre
The Attorney-General of a centre-left government should
not be trying to limit the human rights provisions for any
person affected by a security-risk certificate said
Progressive MP Matt Robson
Rather than appealing to the
Supreme Court to clarify a very clear decision by the Court
of Appeal the government should now be reviewing the present
law. That law has been used to attempt to deny a fair
hearing to a person found to be a refugee by the Refugee
Status Appeals Authority and to keep him in prison for over
22 months.
Instead of pursuing costly litigation it is
time for the Attorney-General to seek a sensible solution to
the lack of fairness in the treatment of Mr
Zaoui.
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