Please ask your MP, will s/he donate her £3,750 Thatcher tribute expense claim to help save 1 British life? http://aralbalkan.com/notes/save-lindsay-sandiford …
@dougaitken …the right to a legal defence (which she cannot afford & UK govt won’t help with).
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@aral I understand that our gov isn't doing anything but if that setup isn't an arrangement already set up, why is this one woman different? -
@dougaitken Because we affect change one person, one issue, one life at a time :) -
@aral ...change international legal aid for a drug smuggler! -
@dougaitken No Doug, I am raising £8K which means that a person’s life may be saved. You don’t have to help, but please don’t distract.
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@aral if someone was to snuggle drugs into the UK, would their country defend them? -
@dougaitken I hope so. If you were facing death by firing squad in Bali, would you want me to try to help you? -
@aral if my crime was smuggling drugs, then I'd be happy at any help but I brought it upon my self, and the law is there is no help. -
@dougaitken Good, in which case, put yourself in her shoes. And imagine I was trying to help you from getting killed by firing squad.
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@aral the punishment is for the crime in the country it was committed, yes? Or is that severe for the country? -
@dougaitken There are details of case that don’t add up even in Bali. But real issue is: does she deserve right to legally defend herself? -
@aral no, the real issue is, she snuggled drugs. A cause of that is "does she deserve legal aid in a country out gov says it won't provide"
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