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{mosimage}On 19 June 2006, the Home Office published the ‘Report on the Operation in 2005 of the Terrorism Act 2000’ by Lord Carlile of Berriew, QC (the government-appointed independent reviewer of terrorism legislation). At paragraph 43 of his report, Lord Carlile stated, “There is some concern that the UK government occasionally is inflexible in its attitude to changing situations around the world, with reference to proscription. An example of this is the Iran opposition group commonly known as the PMOI." (continues ... )
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{mosimage}The Scotsman
By Struan Stevenson, MEP
Ending Iran’s threat will come through talking to the correct people, not shooting at them
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The Daily Telegraph
Campaigners seeking to have the ban on Iran's main opposition party lifted by the Home Secretary received encouraging news this week. The People's Mojahedin Organisation of Iran was proscribed under anti-terrorism legislation in 2001 because of allegations that it had links to terrorists. But, as I noted two weeks ago, 1,300 lawyers have signed a declaration calling on the Government to distance itself from the Iranian regime by lifting the ban. On Tuesday, the lawyers were joined by 279 MPs and 126 peers of all parties, who said the ban was "the most important impediment" to democratic change in Iran.