
DO YOU THINK Mr. D.D.
SHOULD BE DEPORTED TO LIBYA WHERE THERE IS A RISK THAT HE WILL BE TORTURED
AND/OR EXECUTED – SIMPLY FOR – HOLDING POLITICAL OPINIONS OPPOSED TO THE
GADDAFI REGIME?
SEND YOUR VIEWS TO THE HOME SECRETARY BY
WRITING TO HIM OR infoPLETING AND SENDING THIS LEAFLET:
THE R.T. HON. DR JOHN REID
SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE
HOME DEPARTMENT
2 MARSHAM STREET
LONDON
SW1P
4DF
LEGAL MURDER ?
Libyan
Law (Article 206 of the Libyan Penal Code) states:
"Any person who
advocates the establishment of any legally proscribed assembly,
organisation or formation or sets up, organises, administers or finances
such an entity or provides a place for its meetings to be held, any person
who joins it or incites sue action by any means whatsoever or provides any
assistance to it and any person who takes receipt of or obtains, directly
or indirectly and by any means whatsoever, money or facilities of any kind
or from any person or quarter with intent to establish any proscribed
assembly, organisation or formation or facilitate such establishment will
receive the death penalty.
In respect of such
penalty, both superior and subordinate will be equal, however lowly their
rank in the assembly, organisation, formation or the like and regardless
of whether such assembly is based in Libya or elsewhere".
The penalty for this
crime, as specified in Article 206(3) is the death sentence.
The UK
Government states:
That
Mr. H (referred to in SIAC as 'DD') is a member of a Libyan political
opposition group.
The
memorandum of understanding between Libya and the UK states:
"In
cases where the person may face the death penalty in the receiving
state,
the receiving state will, if its laws allow, provide a specific assurance
that the death penalty will not be carried out. In any case, where there
are outstanding charges, or where charges are subsequently brought,
against the person in respect of an offence allegedly infomitted before his
deportation, the authorities of the receiving state will utilise all the
powers available to them under their system for the administration of
justice to ensure that, if the death penalty is imposed, the sentence will
not be carried out"
"Either
participant may withdraw from this Memorandum by giving 6 months notice in
writing to the diplomatic mission of the other".
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