Dear Friends and SupportersOn the 10th September Gordon Brown announced his intention to invite Gaddafi to the UK for an oil Summit in December. Since Gaddafi renounced his “weapons of mass destruction” program and paid compensation for the Lockerbie bombing,
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amongst other acts of terrorism, there has been a policy of rapprochement with Libya and Gaddafi is being welcomed into the fold of the Western Allies. However there has not been any significant changes to Human Rights in Libya, the Libyan people are still suffering the effects of 39 years of a brutal regime. The British Libyan Solidarity Campaign wants the invitation to be withdrawn until there is an improvement in the situation of ordinary Libyans including the release of political prisoners, the end of torture, the end of disappearances of dissidents, the repeal of Law 71 that makes it a capital offence to form a social or political organization that in any ways disagrees with the regime. We do not want the Dictator who is responsible for the deaths and imprisonment of thousands of Libyans in the UK as our guest.On the 9th October the BLSC took part in Press TV’s analysis and discussion program “Agenda”hosted by Yvonne Ridley to debate whether Gaddafi should be welcomed to the UK or if the Human Rights situation should be addressed before he is included. The program is titled “Gaddafi – what is he up to?”Please take a look and make your decisionhttp://www.presstv.com/pop/wmp.aspx?id=71795If you agree with the position of the BLSC please join us in our Campaign by emailing blsc@hotmail.co.uk with your contact details and we will keep you informed of our activities.Many thanks
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