Thread: An Act of War?
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Old 05-04-2009, 12:45 PM   #56 (permalink)
dippin
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Originally Posted by Strange Famous View Post
You believe that shooting a pregnant 20 year old woman who has mental health issues is not a violation of human rights standards?

We'll see how this goes down. Now that this is broken in the UK media the Laos government know what they are up against and I doubt they will run the risk of our likely response.

Remember the case of the British nanny Louise Woodward? Even a super power like America has to take into account the heightened feelings in a case involving a foriegn national.
"standards," whatever they mean =/= law

And again, it is not a violation of international human rights law. If she is denied consultation with British consular representatives, that would be a violation of international treaty, but still not a violation of international human rights law.
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