| Respect court judgement on prison vote, says MEP | Report Number: 9336 |
Date: 23/5/2012
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Title: Respect court judgement on prison vote, says MEP (1 of 2) |
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Of interest to: Yorkshire and the Humber |
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UK should respect the European Court of Human Rights and get rid of the
blanket ban on prisoner voting – that’s according to Rebecca Taylor. At
the moment almost all prisoners are excluded from voting in elections
in the UK. The court view is that the blanket ban contravenes the
European Convention on Human Rights. But judges also made it clear that
which prisoners can or can’t get the vote is up to the government to
decide. The Liberal Democrat MEP for Yorkshire and the Humber, Rebecca
Taylor, has defended the ruling by the Strasbourg court. She says these
are rules that apply, not just to the UK, but to every country signed up
to the European Convention on Human Rights.
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Interviewee: Rebecca Taylor MEP (Liberal Democrat, Yorkshire & Humber) |
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Duration: 0 minutes 18 seconds |
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Out-words: Should do this | |||
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