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» Wednesday, April 21, 2004

Abu Hamza/Legal Aid

Asked if the Government believed that Abu Hamza should receive legal aid, the PMOS said that since Abu Hamza was on the UN Security List as an Al Qaida associate, he needed to apply to the Treasury for a special licence to receive legal aid. We were unable to comment until that was done.

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Not sure how I feel on this. Somehow, he got onto that list in the first place, right?

So: Either he got put there by the UK – in which case, the Government has a procedural mechanism by which they can deny legal aid to individuals…

Or he was put there by someone else’s government – which means that other governments have a means to silence individuals’ rights through the judicious and careful abuse of UK government policy.

Does this guy have a right to defend himself? If not, why not?
Comment by Gregory Block — 23 Apr 2004 on 12:36 am | Link
Every human has a right to defend himself but is this guy a human or a dog. I know what my feelings are.

It depends if the defence deals with the fact that you want as many innocent people dead even if you have never even met theses people as is this case.

If I find any of my relatives are dead in the London attacks I vow to buy a gun and travel to his destination and introduce him to my own version of British hospitality.

This guy and his supporters do not deserve life as they do not understand what it means to live with the human race. Their hatred seems to be wearing off on me.

Live by the hook ,die by the hook.
Comment by Craig H — 7 Jul 2005 on 6:04 pm | Link

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