Jailhouselawyer responds to BIHR response to Michael Wills

Jailhouselawyer responds to BIHR response to Michael Wills

The British Institute of Human Rights can justly be accused of spin in its press release April 21, 2009.

Let me first put things into perspective. How about the Inhuman Rights Act? Or, the Selective Human Rights Act? Maybe even the Human Rights Veneer Act? We have the Executive and Judiciary and Parliament (add to them the Equality and Human Rights Commission, and British Institute of Human Rights) all refusing to deal with the issue of universal franchise of 60,000+ UK citizens.

Is Michael Wills, a Justice Minister, the appropriate person to give a lecture on rights and responsibilities? You would think so as he works at the Ministry of Justice. However, his conscience must be elsewhere. Because it is the Ministry of Justice which is denying convicted prisoners their human right to vote. The Minister of Justice, Jack Straw, is a suspected war criminal over his involvement in flights of extra-ordinary rendition. That’s like putting Hitler in charge of a Jewish holiday camp. Someone who does not care about his involvement in torture, does not care about prisoners human rights to vote. If he was a man of honour he would resign, instead of being more interested in fancy dress which is the Lord Chancellor’s robes.

According the BIHR press release: “The British Institute of Human Rights welcomes any opportunity for a national conversation on how human rights can be further protected in the UK”.

It’s good to talk. How about you start doing something other than just talking about the subject and listening to others talking about it? If you are too busy talking about it then you are not acting out what you have already talked about. Actions speak louder than words. Let’s have some action from you can we?