There isn’t as much obnoxious rhetoric by foreign governments on asylum seekers as you might assume, writes Andrew Bartlett. And the rhetoric isn’t as horrific as sending people back home to imprisonment, torture or death.
Libya
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Roll up, roll up for the vagabond Gaddafi circus
It’s the UN Summit in NYC, but Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is still roaming without a place to pitch his tent. He didn’t help his cause when he used his UN speech to compare the UN Security Council with Al Qaeda, right after he tore up the UN charter…
Power to the people: forgive the tyrants
Forgiveness of a dictator and ensuring an end to their actions is more crucial than prosecuting them for war crimes, writes Sholto Byrnes. Refusing to seek vengeance shows victims “to be better than their oppressors”.
Gadaffi celebrates coup anniversary with a rocket car
… make that a second rocket car. World leaders may have snubbed the occasion, but that wasn’t going to stop Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi from celebrating 40 years in power. And what better way to commemorate than by buying yourself another rocket-shaped car?
Brown didn’t want Megrahi to die in prison
Newly released correspondence from the UK and Scottish governments detailing the release of the Lockerbie bomber reveal UK PM Gordon Brown made it clear to Libya that he did not “want Mr Megrahi to pass away in prison.”
The Lockerbie letters
The British and Scottish governments have released “all relevant” correspondence in relation to the release of the Lockerbie bomber, Abdulbaset al-Megrahi. Read them here.
Saif Gaddafi: The truth about Lockerbie
In an op-ed for the NY Times, Saif Gaddafi, son of Libyan leader Col. Muammar Gaddafi and mate of the “Lockerbie bomber” Abdel Basset Megrahi, says there was no “hero’s welcome” when Megrahi returned home to Libya recently, regardless of what the Western media says.
LEAKED: Lockerbie release was an oily deal
Ministerial documents reveal the British government believed it was in the “overwhelming interests” of the UK to release the Lockerbie bomber after Libya used a pending multi-billion dollar oil deal with BP as a bargaining chip.
MEANWHILE…
NYT: Saif Gaddafi: The truth about Lockerbie
The man who freed the Lockerbie bomber
Meet Saif al Islam al Gaddafi, the millionaire playboy son of Libyan dictator Col. Muammar Gaddafi, whose social circle includes models, actresses, investment bankers… and Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi — the Lockerbie bomber.
Obama denounces release of Lockerbie bomber
US president Barack Obama has led the criticism against the release of the Lockerbie bomber by the Scottish government, calling for the Libyan government to place him under house arrest.
An African autocrat takes the stand
Former Liberian president Charles Taylor’s trial represents the first time that an African leader has been brought to account before an international tribunal.
