Livingstone, Mansfield to address state killing event in london

international | rights, freedoms and repression | news report

Thursday September 01, 2005 10:31

by shane ocurry - pat finucane centre

info at patfinucanecentre dot org

0044 28 71 268846

mayor of London and top human rights lawyer to speak at "End Impunity" meeting

Organised by the The Irish World newspaper and the Pat Finucane Centre for Human Rights, the Public Meeting, entitled "End Impunity", raises the thorny issue of state actors taking responsibility for killings at The Chamber, City Hall, London, on Monday, September 5 at 7pm. Also addressing the event will be University of Ulster legal academic Angela Hegarty and Phil Shiner, public interest ;lawyer. The event will focus on the case of Peter McBride, the Belfast teenager murdered by Scots Guardsmen Wright and Fisher, who were allowed to continue service in the British Army, in spite of their murder convictions.

outlaw human rights abusers
in the british army

END IMPUNITY

The Chamber, City Hall, London Monday, September 5 7pm

Speakers

Ken Livingstone

Mayor of London

Michael Mansfield QC

Angela Hegarty

University of Ulster Law Lecturer

Phil Shiner

Public Interest Lawyers

In 1992 Scots Guards Mark Wright and James Fisher murdered an unarmed Belfast teenager, Peter Mc Bride*. In 2001 the Army sent these soldiers, convicted of murder, to fight in Iraq. The rules that allowed them to return to active service are still in place. Until that changes, soldiers convicted of human rights abuses will continue to be sent to Iraq and other conflict zones. The Article 7-End Impunity Campaign seeks to remove the loophole that allows military personnel convicted of serious crimes such as murder, rape or torture to remain in service. Article 7 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states “All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law.” The military should not be above the law!

Article 7 – End Impunity Campaign

Contact: Info@patfinucanecentre.org

Phone: (028) 7126 8846

Supported by the Mayor of London, the Irish World and the Pat Finucane Centre.

The Chamber, City Hall, London Monday, September 5 7pm