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I am looking forward to read the report, especially that Libya is concerned in it, due to the great role of the UK in our Liberation War against Ghaddafi and the violations of the pro-Ghaddafi troops (based on his direct orders and those of his sons) and the regime.
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£5m for FCO HR work and this report still contains no Impact Assessment. How are we to tell whether policy and action is making a difference? How can results be attributed to what FCO is doing? Although government representations are included there is no mention of what response other governments make to these.
There is no accountability to the British people nor is there text on engagement with people to get involved and influence FCO policy to support the PM’s Big Society policy. The FCO ignores correspondence and evades the question when responding to FOIs or public comments posted on this report. .
Right To Protect – Inaction: the report fails to link R2P to ongoing systematic human rights violations in China and North Korea.
Trade and Human Rights; and selectivity: the report says trade promotion and human rights work are mutually supporting, but the FCO gives priority to trade over rights. The UK government is highly selective on which countries to challenge and has continued to be weak and virtually silent on China and its crimes against humanity in occupied Tibet.
There is no rationale on support for using the International Criminal Court (other than political expediency, opportunism and vested trade interests).
The sections on both Tibet and BIOT are utterly inadequate. The Chagossians aren’t mentioned whereas UK breaks daily half of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights articles with respect to their widely-condemned plight and has ignored doing an equality impact assessment on its Chagos no fishing decision as it impacts disproportionately on black British Chagossians.
There is no mention that UK recognised Tibet as part of China in 2008, the same year that the brutal oppression of Tibetans intensified, nor any mention of the need to review this policy as the only lever available which could have an impact on the Chinese Government.
The report is also an inadequate tool for policy making. The FCO is too ready to lift Burmese sanctions despite warnings from minorities of increasing military attacks and abuses.
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Please act now, The Tamils need an immediate Protection mechanism supervised by an UN body. Otherwise there will be no Tamils in North and East of Srilanka. Nadarajah Rajendra Germany
Very little mention of Singapore
Good effort on the Libya case specially on the rights of Minority in libya. However, very little said about security of libya people during the transition government. Powerful militia are wiped up black minority in Twarga and others minority are targeted.