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15 Most Recent Stories From Sarah Ludford MEP News StoriesMon 8th Mar 2010: European court endorsement of local Cypriot property solution welcome Reacting to the European Court of Human Rights' ruling that the Immovable Property Commission (IPC) in North Cyprus is a valid forum for settlement of property claims from Greek Cypriot 1974 refugees, Liberal Democrat European justice & human rights spokeswoman and London MEP Sarah Ludford said: US Congress panel 'Armenian genocide' vote wrong London Liberal Democrat MEP Sarah Ludford, the party's European justice & human rights spokeswoman and vice-chair of the European Parliament delegation to the United States, has strongly criticised the vote by the Foreign Affairs Committee of the US House of Representatives to label the treatment of Armenians in 1915 as 'genocide'. She said: Fri 5th Mar 2010: Kurdish MPs' arrest in Belgium unwelcome Reacting to the news that two Kurdish former MPs from Turkey, Remzi Kartal and Zubeyir Aydar, have been detained among a group of 30 people arrested in Belgium, Liberal Democrat European justice & human rights spokeswoman and London MEP Sarah Ludford said: Tue 2nd Mar 2010: Open letter to Home Secretary Alan Johnson MP: Control Orders This open letter to Home Secretary Alan Johnson MP urging him not to renew the control order provisions of the Prevetion of Terrorism Act 2005 was sent by the Campaign Against Criminalising Communities (CAMPACC). Mon 22nd Feb 2010: The Chinese year of the tiger: what can the EU do to save the tiger? The tiger - the world's most potent symbol of biodiversity - is in crisis. Only around 3,000 remain in the wild and these last remaining populations are in serious danger from habitat loss and poaching. Fri 19th Feb 2010: Letter to the Independent: Can Pauline Hanson ever fit in here? You report (16 February) that Pauline Hanson, a rabble-rousing anti-immigrant former politician, has decided to grace us with her presence by moving from Australia to England. Fri 12th Feb 2010: Sarah Ludford's bulletin: Friday 12 February 2010 Dear Friends, MEP demands EU Commissioner tackles London's dirty air London Liberal Democrat MEP Sarah Ludford has seized the opportunity of the approval of the new European Commission by MEPs on Feb 9th, to immediately fire off a letter calling on the new environment Commissioner Janez Potočnik to make tackling London's shockingly dirty air a top priority. MEPs declare war on endangered species mafia London Liberal Democrat MEP Sarah Ludford, a long time tiger campaigner, has backed a European Parliament call for the EU to push at the forthcoming 'CITES' (Convention on International Trade in endangered species) conference in March for total ban on trade in a number of endangered species. Thu 11th Feb 2010: Eurostar snow chaos lesson on transport security Ahead of the publication of the report into Eurostar's snow-related breakdowns and cancellations over the Christmas period, London Liberal Democrat MEP Sarah Ludford, a Eurostar frequent traveller, said: MEPs reject and terminate US-EU SWIFT agreement Commenting on the rejection by the European Parliament - by almost 2 to 1 - of the 'SWIFT' agreement on transatlantic transfer of financial transaction data negotiated between the US and the 27 EU governments, Liberal Democrat European justice & human rights spokeswoman Sarah Ludford, who is also vice chair of the European Parliament delegation to the United States, said: MEPs declare war on tuna mafia London Liberal Democrat MEP Sarah Ludford has backed European Parliament action in pushing for a total ban on trade in threatened blue fin tuna. 112: three European digits to save lives Thursday 11 February 2010 (11-2) is European '112' day. The aim is to publicise the new pan-European emergency number. Wed 10th Feb 2010: Sarah speaks to the European Parliament about the closure of Guantanamo Sarah Ludford, on behalf of the ALDE Group. - Madam President, some European governments actively participated in illegal rendition, torture and illegal detention. Others gave background support. Others pretended not to see. So it was not something that just happened 'over there'. That is one of the reasons we have kept our continuing interests. Sarah speaks to European Parliament about the Binyam Mohamed ruling and intelligence services Sarah Ludford (ALDE). - Mr President, I want to talk about respect for the rule of law by intelligence services. A ruling today by the UK Court of Appeal has blasted open the British Government's attempt at secrecy. It has confirmed, as Parliament said three years ago, the shocking truth that UK secret services did collude in the torture of British resident and rendition victim Binyan Mohamed. Earlier Stories Complete archive on the official site
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