Britain's highest court says Saudis cannot be sued for torture
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LONDON — Britain's highest court ruled Wednesday that four men who say they were tortured in Saudi Arabian jails cannot sue officials from that country over their imprisonment.
The Law Lords ruled that Britons Ron Jones, Sandy Mitchell and Les Walker and Canadian William Sampson do not have the right to sue individual alleged torturers, because foreign government officials are immune from prosecution in Britain.
"This isn't over for us," Mr. Sampson, who holds both Canadian and British citizenship, told reporters, saying the four men would take their case to the European Court of Justice. Britain's highest court rejects bid to sue Saudis by Jill Lawless
Mark Alexander
3 comments:
Bld:
This is more evidence, if more evidence were needed, of the British sucking up to their Saudi paymasters! The God damn lot of them disgust me! In fact, they should disgust all!
Bld;
The noose is tightening around our necks! Have you read my post about Islamic banking hitting the high streets across the nation? More news to disgust any good thinking person!
bld, I have long said that 'decent people don't run for office' and it is certainly more true than ever in the US. Politicians not only do bad things, but more important they are fundamentally bad people; they are corrupt to the core. Show me one politician of honor in the US; alas, I think it is not possible -- not on either side of the aisle. They are 'on the take' from those in the world who would do us harm and think only of their miserable, greedy, seedy selves.
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