Brighton to Guantanamo

Great meeting in Brighton yesterday, Miriam Kennet and I spoke on green economics to Greenspeak..by great I mean the audience (and Miriam, she is a force of nature, works really hard and has a big academic and networking project with the Green economics institute)! 50 people turned up to hear us when they could have watched Brazil vs Croatia for the world cup, lots of people spoke and made intelligent and critical comments. The message that much of conventional economics is a myth was heard loud and clear.

Kat and Martin from Greenspeak deserve thanks, Greens across the world please follow this example...controversial speakers and debates, a central bar venue, good publicity....we have to have dialogue and education as well as winning elections.

Well lots of speaking engagements over the last couple of weeks...falling off a bit now for summer but I will be in Norwich to talk to the Green Party next tuesday night at 7pm....or you can watch England play.

here is a bit of Jean Lambert's work...she is great as well.



NEWS RELEASE
From The Office Of Jean Lambert, London's Green MEP

13th June 2006

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT DEMANDS US ADMINISTRATION CLOSE GUANTANAMO BAY

The European Parliament today confirmed that they did not see the recent suicides at Guantanamo Bay as a PR exercise but was a cause for grave concern and demanded that the US Administration close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility immediately.

Speaking after the Parliament’s overwhelming vote to pass the resolution Green Euro MP Jean Lambert, who was named top MEP for her work on Justice and Human Rights at the end of last year, said she now hoped to see serious action from the US to close the centre.

Jean commented: “The o­ngoing illegal imprisonment of those in Guantanamo Bay and the revelations of the CIA Extraordinary Rendition Flights in the United States clearly demonstrates that the US is failing to uphold human rights or international law. The EU should now take a tougher stance o­n its relations with the US over such issues.

“I am pleased the resolution was passed today condemning all forms of torture and ill-treatment. We now insist that every prisoner is treated in accordance with international humanitarian law and, if charged, tried without delay in a fair and public hearing by a competent, independent and impartial court of law or international tribunal.

“It has been four years since the first transfer to Guantanamo bay – and that’s four years too long. It’s time to end the torture, fear and uncertainty and release those that can not be charged.”

ENDS

For more information please contact:
Morwenna Holland, Media Officer
tel: 020 7407 6280 or 07813149812
email: media@jeanlambertmep.org.uk
www.jeanlambertmep.org.uk

Notes to editors:

Jean Lambert: In October 2005 Jean was named MEP 2005 for Justice and Human Rights. Jean was first elected Green Party Member of the European Parliament for London in the 1999 European elections. She was re-elected in 2004. She is one of nine MEPs representing London and one of two UK Green representatives in the European Parliament.

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Morwenna Holland
Media and Public Relations Officer

Office of Jean Lambert MEP - London's Green MEP
Suite 58, The Hop Exchange
24 Southwark Street
London, SE1 1TY

Tel: 00 44 (0)20 7407 6280
Fax: 00 44 (0)20 7234 0183

Email: media@jeanlambertmep.org.uk Web: www.jeanlambertmep.org.uk