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Hanwell couple accused of murder remain free

Don't normally like posting links to Daily Mail articles but this one shocked me. The pair may of course be innocent but the bigger issue this raises is that if extradition to India is seen as automatically being a breach of a person's human rights, this country has become a sanctuary for people from there who have committed serious crimes including alleged child murderers. There may be a good reason why Scotland Yard are not investigating but the government should be asking the Indian government for assurances about the protection of the accuseds' human right which they probably would have provided as a matter of course anyway. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9103123/Couple-adopted-son-11-killed-150-000-insurance-payout-stroll-home-shopping.html

Gordon Southwell ● 1572d1 Comments

The problem here is that human rights legislation contradicts other international treaty obligations. Don't think there is any easy fix for this — people who think we can disregard human rights have to realise that it might seem a good idea in a case like this but as a general principle it would cause huge problems? The UK had trouble agreeing to extradicting suspected terrorists to Jordan, a country with a fairly robust legal system and human prison conditions so I don't think they would be able to come to terms with the Indian government in this case.

Christine Mulligan ● 1569d