Monday, October 8, 2012

Is Britain Becoming A Safe Haven For War Criminals?


Sudanese War Criminal Wins Right To Remain In Britain -- The Telegraph

An unnamed man who was paid to slaughter civilians in Darfur will remain in the UK indefinitely because a British judge has ruled his life would be in danger if he returned to Sudan.

An immigration tribunal found the 27-year-old was guilty of crimes against humanity after interviews given to the BBC and The Times described his looting of 30 villages and the shooting of "countless" victims.

The man was a member of the feared Janjaweed militia, which killed as many as 300,000 people in Sudan and displaced up to two-and-a-half million others.

Immigration officials said that he was exempt from refugee status under the Geneva Convention, which allows the refusal of asylum for war criminals, but a judge overruled them, arguing the man's life would be at risk if he was deported and that his human rights to life and protection against torture would be infringed if he went home.

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My Comment: I must confess that Britain's version of 'human rights' and 'justice' disgusts me .... but I must respect the sad fact that this is the system that they have now embraced.

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