The London lawyer representing the injured bomber Dhiren Barot today warns that terrorist convicts are being targeted by other inmates in British jails. And she predicts a Muslim 'backlash'.
Barot is a Muslim convert from London who was jailed for life last year for planning mass murder in London and New York with explosive-filled limousines and a radioactive 'dirty' bomb.
Apparently because he has been injured in prison he is expected to make a 'substantial compensation claim'.
His lawyer, Muddassar Arani has complained that Muslim prisoners in Durham's Frankland prison are in particular danger: 'There are not that many Muslim prisoners there, and there is safety in numbers...I don't understand why they can't put them in a separate wing where they can be protected.'
What do you think; are prisons failing in duty to 'protect' jailed terrorists?
2007-07-31 05:14:19 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
SOURCE: London Evening Standard
2007-07-31 05:14:51 · update #1
Aren't Muslim's "backlashing" already? Why cater to their wishes? Will it really do anything but let them know they have more power?
EDIT - Child molesters in prison are in "particular danger" too. Should they be allowed to file "substantial compensation claims" too? How ridiculous. You chose your crime. If you can't play nice with the other inmates, it's your own damn fault.
2007-07-31 05:19:12 · answer #1 · answered by smellyfoot ™ 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I think that, given the way the British legal and political systems work, the concern of a Muslim backlash is valid.
If a person is being targeted in prison because of the religion -- whether for terrorism or any other crime --- then other members of that religion may take it personally, and may respond.
We've seen the same thing happen in the US based on race in the 1980s and 1990s.
2007-07-31 05:18:29 · answer #2 · answered by coragryph 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
This woman specialises in dealing with terrorist suspects. I've read about her.
These scum don't deserve a separate wing and if they don't like getting the crap kicked out of them by their fellow lags they maybe should have thought of that before they committed their offences.
As for "Muslim baclash" yes and there will be more muslim prison inmates as a result. How dare this ***** threaten us?!
2007-07-31 06:15:59 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Coragryph: the way I understand it, these prisoners are NOT being assaulted because of their religion.
They are being assaulted because the other prisoners know they are murdering, cowardly bastards who were attempting to kill innocent people.
Because we live in an 'enlightened' society, we do have a duty of care to prisoners. That said, I definitely am against the jailed terrorists having their own wing or any other measures to enhance their experience in prison.
We may have to keep them alive - we don't have to make them comfortable.
2007-07-31 05:27:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Seperation of religious fundamentalists within the prison system would probably serve to reduce tensions. Providing there was no favouritism towards any prisoner, I really don't see what the problem would be.
2007-07-31 05:20:56 · answer #5 · answered by . 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
There may also be a backlash against the Muslim backlash, so it becomes a vicious circle.
2007-07-31 06:52:35 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hello ,is there anyone home??
When a prisoner in custody appears in court all beat up it is a safe bet that PRISONS ARE FAILING TO DO THEIR DUTY TO "PROTECT" JAILED TERRORISTS.
You seem to have a problem with this simple concept or do you believe he beat the crap out of himself alone or perhaps those nasty gremlins did him in.
Your whole post smells of the same bloody dis-regard for prisoners as did the whole Bush administration when it violated the Geneva Convention on prisoners that led to a "blurred line" in the military and the subsequent torturing and killings of prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Your very post suggests that it maybe ok to violate their rights by beating them up or even killing them (a beating gone to far) and they should have NO RE-COURSE TO THE LAW.
As YOU should learn and BUSH is now learning from the Supreme Court in 4 rulings to date,PRISONERS MUST HAVE THE LEGAL PROTECTIONS OF THE LAW PERIOD
and have re-course to that law.
2007-07-31 05:32:38 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
It makes me wonder why we'd care about the treatment of terrorist prisoners when our prisoners are beheaded on video tape for the world to see. Seriously why should the treatment of their captured comrads matter to us until they start treating those they kidnap properly.
2007-07-31 05:17:56 · answer #8 · answered by netjr 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
SOME day we will have to face it, however hard the world may try, THE radical will not change their way of thinking/preaching and so no rational thought will help.
2007-07-31 05:21:42 · answer #9 · answered by jittender k 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It couldn't have happened to a nicer guy!
2007-07-31 22:56:31 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋