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6th October 2019, 09:16 | #1 |
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Time to rethink Diplomatic immunity
wife of a US diplomat has fled Britain because she is suspected of involvement in a fatal hit-and-run.
I appreciate that the rule may be there to prevent false charges against diplomats and their families but it should not allow them to evade justice. How to make sure false charges are not crated while making them accountable for their actions will take some consideration, it does however need doing. this post refers to according to press reports :- The death of a young man, Harry Dunn, 19. He was on his motorbike and hit by a car being driven on the wrong side of the road, near RAF Croughton in Northamptonshire. It was a head-on crash and the young man died of his injuries in hospital shame on the US macafee2 Last edited by macafee2; 6th October 2019 at 13:33.. |
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Diplomatic immunity is abused for money laundering, drug smuggling and anything else you can think of.
It happens all the time, all over the world.
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Bit suspicious that she disappeared after assuring police she had no plans to leave the country.
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I hope it becomes news in the USA and the people there do something about it...extradite her. I hope our government do all they can to get her back and if she is guilty of a "crime" she is given an additional sentence for trying to evade justice but she may voluntarily return to face questioning macafee2 |
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A new slant on The Diplomatic Bag.
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Apparently Diplomatic immunity is rarely waived.
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Bags of fun
Funny you should say that...I used to potter about with the British Council (amazing people doing priceless bond-building work) and 'The Bag', to my immense surprise was a concept not a thing. Turned out you could (back then) send anything through a bag, from a pen to an aircraft carrier and yes, on several occasions, me!
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Comes back to 1 rule for them, and one for everybody else.
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It's called extraterritoriality, US laws apply anywhere in the world (when it suits them!)
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