Comments on: Iraqi translators campaign – MPs response

By: Robert Sharp » Blog Archive » What’s the Arabic for..?

Robert Sharp » Blog Archive » What’s the Arabic for..? — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 15:39:46 +0000

[...] Iraq. Bloggerheads publishes a list of bloggers who support the campaign, while Chicken Yoghurt and Pickled Politics have been keeping track of MPs who have responded to the letter writing [...]

By: Pickled Politics » Iraqi employees campaign on radio

Pickled Politics » Iraqi employees campaign on radio — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 18:07:28 +0000

[...] by Sunny on 14th August, 2007 at 7:07 pm Dan Hardie, who started the Iraqi employees campaign on blogs, was recently interviewed on Five Live regarding the issue. You can hear it below (thanks [...]

By: TheFriendlyInfidel

TheFriendlyInfidel — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 09:17:13 +0000

Here you are sunny, this is the link from last wednesday.

http://tinyurl.com/gxtnq

By: Sunny

Sunny — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 15:08:24 +0000

Nice one Max, any audio uploads I can link to?

By: Max

Max — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 14:50:23 +0000

I can’t believe it, but I was on the BBC World Service’s “World Have Your Say” (6pm) yesterday talking about this. They actually had one of the interpreters on to explain the situation.

By: Free Political Forum » Iraqi translators campaign - MPs response

Free Political Forum » Iraqi translators campaign - MPs response — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 14:06:29 +0000

[...] Original post by Sunny [...]

By: Dan Hardie

Dan Hardie — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 12:42:27 +0000

I’ll add that a bog-standard media handling tactic for a case like this would be to grant asylum to a small, selected number of people (basically anyone who has already caught the media’s attention and anyone who might do so, eg if they worked with someone like Andrew Alderson) and leave the others to the death squads. For this reason, and others, the number of letters to MPs needs to increase: every letter so far has resulted in a referral to the Home Office. The more such referrals, the less likely they are to try to keep people out.

By: Dan Hardie

Dan Hardie — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 12:41:59 +0000

Also, if I can just quote myself on a matter that seems to trouble (quite rightly) a lot of your commenters: ‘

By: Galloise Blonde

Galloise Blonde — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 10:46:48 +0000

Got a print-out 'Gallery News' in the post from my MP this AM, just emailed him a correction on the 20,000 figure and my concerns about speedy action. Also, if anyone's interested: Petition against the deportation of Mansoor Hassan, a journalist.

By: Don

Don — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 09:44:22 +0000

Just received a group e-mail from Ming, urging support.

http://campaigns.libdems.org.uk/interpreters

By: Leon

Leon — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 08:57:58 +0000

Is it me or is there little no support for this from the Tory bloggers? I would’ve thought they’d be all over it as a chance to show up the government…