D-Day for Real

[Picciotto, Sol]

I just heard on the radio that the Law Lords have just ruled against Pinochet,
he is not legally immune. This passes the hot potato back to the politicians.
Political pressure must now be brought to bear on New Labour, (i) to urge the
Home Secretary Jack Straw not to use his power to refuse the extradition, and
(ii) to press the Attorney General for Picochet to be tried in the UK for
torture, as the UN Committee on Torture has urged. A UK prosecution may not be
the best outcome and is fairly unlikely, but pressure for it might persuade
Straw that sending him to Spain is the best option.

cheers

sol


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> From: 	Tom Kruse[SMTP:tkruse at albatros.cnb.net]
> Reply To: 	lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
> Sent: 	Wednesday, November 25, 1998 12:24PM
> To: 	pen-l at galaxy.csuchico.edu
> Cc: 	lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
> Subject: 	D-Day for Real
> 
> Dear Listmembers:
> 
> The House of Lords will announce their decision on Pinochet today, 11:00am
> Buenos Aires time, on this, his 83rd birthday.
> 
> I can't overstate the importance people here are giving the announcement.
> The debates on the lists about Pinochet have turned on his utility to the
> capitalist ruling classes; from there speculating on their handling of the
> matter.  There is another vital level on which this is relevant: the shot
> in the arm it gives to people and movements here who thought "all that" was
> a closed chapter.  For ASOFAMD, the Association of Families of the
> Disappeared here in Bolivia, these are the best and worst of times, rife
> with possibility.
> 
> Thank you to all of you who took the time to zap off notes to people and
> agencies in the decision making process.  Who knows if it makes a
> differece; regardless, the gesture is appreciated.
> 
> Tom
> 
> 
> Tom Kruse
> Casilla 5812 / Cochabamba, Bolivia
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> Email: tkruse at albatros.cnb.net
>