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Midland MP launches petition demanding national child abuse inquiry

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A Midland MP has launched a petition calling on the Prime Minister to “make amends for historic failures” by establishing a national inquiry into allegations of organised child sex abuse.

Tom Watson, Labour MP for West Bromwich East, stated “many survivors of child abuse believe they have been let down by the system of child protection in the UK”.

The petition’s launch followed the Home Office’s disclosure that 100 official files relating to historic abuse allegations had gone missing.

Mark Sedwill, permanent secretary to the Home Office, said the files relating to a 20-year period between 1979 and 1999 were “presumed destroyed, missing or not found”.

In a letter to Prime Minister David Cameron, he also said he was appointing a senior legal figure to review how the Home Office dealt with a dossier alleging paedophile activity at Westminster in the 1980s.

Launching the petition today, Mr Watson said: “Many survivors of child abuse believe they have been let down by system of child protection in the UK.

“Thousands had nowhere to turn.

“Nobody listened and nobody helped.

“The missing Home Office files and the failure of previous police and local authority inquiries has meant that MPs from all the political parties have supported calls for an overarching national inquiry.

“Government should make amends for historic failures to act by establishing an independent national inquiry into organised child abuse.

“We owe it to the survivors – they expect nothing less.”

Sign: https://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/david-cameron-and-theresa-may-establish-a-national-inquiry-into-allegations-of-organised-child-abuse

July 6, 2014
Erdogan Admits Meddling in Turkish Judiciary amid New Leak Recordings

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan has confirmed the authenticity of a tapped phone conversation which allegedly proves his involvement in judiciary affairs.

Erdogan’s confessions came short before a new “leak” recording with his voice emerged on the Internet on Wednesday night and hinted at other cases where he has abused administrative authority, Turkish newspaper Hurriet Daily News has reported.

The tapped conversation in which Erdogan has owned up to taking part is with Sadullah Ergin, former Justice Minister, who is asked to “closely monitor” judicial proceedings against a media mogul.

The Turkish PM, however, denied any wrongdoing and explained he considered it appropriate to tell a former government minister he should keep an eye on a court case.

The proceedings involve Aydin Dogan, the honorary chairman of Dogan Holding, which is a controversial conglomerate operating in energy, media, industry, trade, insurance and tourism industries.

Erdogan also justified his actions revealing that he had been informed of Dogan’s role in “parallel structures and dirty relations” and thus had felt it was required of him to tell former minister Ergin to closely follow the case.

In a statement published in the Hurriet Daily, which is his flagship media outlet, Dogan described the events as “a clear interference in the judicial process”.

Many recordings, allegedly of Erdogan’s wiretapped conversations, have emerged on YouTube over the last few weeks, but the Prime Minister has called most of them “montage”, accusing his US-based rival, Fethullah Gulen, for conspiring against him and his party.

A new audio file was meanwhile uploaded Wednesday night on the Internet. According to Turkish newspaper Zaman, this time it features the Prime Minister as discussing with Ergin how to intervene in the presidential elections of the Council of State on behalf of a female candidate. The leak claims she is Erdogan’s apparent choice for the office, and another politician should be pressured to withdraw his bid in her favour.

Allegations of graft and administrative abuses, as well as corruption investigations into his Party of Justice and Development (AKP), have led to a political crisis which forced Erdogan to declare on Wednesday he would step down if his party did not come as a winner out of the March 30 local elections.

Turkey’s Prime Minister, however, has also hinted that he could run for Prime Minister for the fourth consecutive time, although that would contradict his own party’s internal regulation and short time ago was deemed unlikely.

novinite.com, March 6, 2014

March 7, 2014
UK Prime Minister’s Message for Ramadan

Prime Minister David Cameron has sent his best wishes to all Muslim communities in Britain and around the world at the start of the month of Ramadan.

Mr Cameron said Ramadan was a time to remind us of our duties and responsibilities and the importance of charity.

The PM said:

“To all Muslim communities in the United Kingdom and around the world, I send you my warmest wishes at this time of Ramadan.

“This is a time for Muslims all over the world to put aside thoughts of themselves, and think of others. The terrible scenes of famine and suffering in the Horn of Africa cry out to all of us. They remind us of our duties and responsibilities to those beyond our shores.

“The importance of charity at this time is clear and I am proud that many different communities in the United Kingdom continue to come together to support many thousands – indeed millions – in desperate need.

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“As the holy month of Ramadan begins I wish you all peace and happiness.”

July 31, 2011
David Cameron’s Statement on Death of Osama Bin Laden

Prime Minister David Cameron has issued a statement on the news of the death of Osama Bin Laden.

Osama Bin Laden, who was responsible for some of the worst terrorist atrocities including the 9/11 attack, was killed in a US operation in Pakistan.

Mr Cameron congratulated President Obama on the operation and said now was a time to remember all those murdered by Osama Bin Laden.

The PM said:

“The news that Osama Bin Laden is dead will bring great relief to people across the world. Osama Bin Laden was responsible for the worst terrorist atrocities the world has seen – for 9/11 and for so many attacks, which have cost thousands of lives, many of them British.

“It is a great success that he has been found and will no longer be able to pursue his campaign of global terror. This is a time to remember all those murdered by Osama Bin Laden, and all those who lost loved ones. It is also a time too to thank all those who work round the clock to keep us safe from terrorism. Their work will continue.

“I congratulate President Obama and those responsible for carrying out this operation.”

Mr Cameron also spoke on television at his residence at Chequers.

The Prime Minister said:

“This news will be welcomed right across our country.

“Of course, it does not mark the end of the threat we face from extremist terrorism. Indeed, we will have to be particularly vigilant in the weeks ahead.

“But it is, I believe, a massive step forward.

“Osama bin Laden was responsible for the death of thousands of innocent men, women and children right across the world – people of every race and religion.

“He was also responsible for ordering the death of many, many British citizens, both here and in other parts of the world.

“I would like to congratulate the US forces who carried out this brave action. I would like to thank President Obama for ordering this action.

“And I think it is a moment when too we should thank all of those who work day and night, often with no recognition, to keep us safe from the threat of terror.

“But above all today, we should think of the victims of the poisonous extremism that this man has been responsible for.

“Of course, nothing will bring back those loved ones that families have lost to terror.

“But at least they know the man who was responsible for these appalling acts is no more.”

The Prime Ministers Office

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May 2, 2011
Joint article on Libya: The pathway to peace

Friday 15 April 2011

Prime Minister David Cameron, President Barack Obama and President Nicolas Sarkozy have written a joint article on Libya underlining their determination that Qadhafi must “go and go for good”.

Read the article

Together with our NATO allies and coalition partners, the United States, France and Britain have been united at the UN Security Council, as well as the following Paris Conference, in building a broad-based coalition to respond to the crisis in Libya. We are equally united on what needs to happen in order to end it.

Even as we continue military operations today to protect civilians in Libya, we are determined to look to the future. We are convinced that better times lie ahead for the people of Libya, and a pathway can be forged to achieve just that.

We must never forget the reasons why the international community was obliged to act in the first place. As Libya descended into chaos with Colonel Qadhafi attacking his own people, the Arab League called for action. The Libyan opposition called for help. And the people of Libya looked to the world in their hour of need. In an historic Resolution, the United Nations Security Council authorised all necessary measures to protect the people of Libya from the attacks upon them. By responding immediately, our countries halted the advance of Qadhafi’s forces. The bloodbath that he had promised to inflict upon the citizens of the besieged city of Benghazi has been prevented.

Tens of thousands of lives have been protected. But the people of Libya are suffering terrible horrors at Qadhafi’s hands each and every day. His rockets and his shells rained down on defenceless civilians in Ajdabiya. The city of Misrata is enduring a mediaeval siege, as Qadhafi tries to strangle its population into submission. The evidence of disappearances and abuses grows daily.

Our duty and our mandate under UN Security Council Resolution 1973 is to protect civilians, and we are doing that. It is not to remove Qadhafi by force. But it is impossible to imagine a future for Libya with Qadhafi in power. The International Criminal Court is rightly investigating the crimes committed against civilians and the grievous violations of international law. It is unthinkable that someone who has tried to massacre his own people can play a part in their future government. The brave citizens of those towns that have held out against forces that have been mercilessly targeting them would face a fearful vengeance if the world accepted such an arrangement. It would be an unconscionable betrayal.

Furthermore, it would condemn Libya to being not only a pariah state, but a failed state too. Qadhafi has promised to carry out terrorist attacks against civilian ships and airliners. And because he has lost the consent of his people any deal that leaves him in power would lead to further chaos and lawlessness. We know from bitter experience what that would mean. Neither Europe, the region, or the world can afford a new safe haven for extremists.

There is a pathway to peace that promises new hope for the people of Libya. A future without Qadhafi that preserves Libya’s integrity and sovereignty, and restores her economy and the prosperity and security of her people. This needs to begin with a genuine end to violence, marked by deeds not words. The regime has to pull back from the cities it is besieging, including Ajdabiya, Misrata and Zintan, and their forces return to their barracks. However, so long as Qadhafi is in power, NATO and its coalition partners must maintain their operations so that civilians remain protected and the pressure on the regime builds. Then a genuine transition from dictatorship to an inclusive constitutional process can really begin, led by a new generation of leaders. In order for that transition to succeed, Colonel Qadhafi must go and go for good. At that point, the United Nations and its members should help the Libyan people as they rebuild where Qadhafi has destroyed – to repair homes and hospitals, to restore basic utilities, and to assist Libyans as they develop the institutions to underpin a prosperous and open society.

This vision for the future of Libya has the support of a broad coalition of countries, including many from the Arab world. These countries came together in London on 29 March and founded a Contact Group which met this week in Doha to support a solution to the crisis that respects the will of the Libyan people.

Today, NATO and its coalition partners are acting in the name of the United Nations with an unprecedented international legal mandate. But it will be the people of Libya, not the UN, that choose their new constitution, elect their new leaders, and write the next chapter in their history.

Britain, France and the United States will not rest until the United Nations Security Council resolutions have been implemented and the Libyan people can choose their own future.

The Prime Ministers Office

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April 15, 2011