FF Cllr Backs Colombian Legal System

international | rights, freedoms and repression | news report Wednesday September 28, 2005 19:14 by FF Watcher

Fianna Fáil councillor Gary Keegan will propose a motion to Dublin City Council on Monday night calling for the Government to enter into an extradition treaty with the Colombian Government

Text of Motion:
In view of the widespread deprivation caused by drugs in Dublin, that this City Council calls on the Irish Government to initiate a bi-lateral extradition treaty with Columbia.

While the issue of drugs is an important one and action is needed, the reality is that the Colombian Government is a human rights nightmare condemned by all right-thinking people as not meeting basic human rights standards.

Anyone extradited to Colombia, and the recent debate about the three Irishmen who are on the run from the Colombian Government should have made this clear, has no chance of getting a fair trial.

Information on Colombia's human rights record can be found here: http://www.lasc.ie/news/colombia_amnesty_2005.html

Action
Phone Gary Keegan at 6643548
Fax Gary Keegan at 6643663
Email Gary Keegan at info@keegan2007.ie
Contact your local councillor, see www.dublincity.ie