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Originally Posted by Strange Famous
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.
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"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.