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USA denies a citizen their right of return
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 18:14:13 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Edward Hasbrouck <edward () hasbrouck org> Date: August 29, 2006 3:13:47 PM EDT To: dave () farber net Subject: (for IP) USA denies a citizen their right of returnThe USA has forbidden any airline from transporting to the USA a Mr. Jaber
Ismail, a natural-born USA citizen and California resident, not a dual citizen. They aren't saying they will arrest him or detain him forquestioning on arrival. They aren't asking the government of the country
he has been visiting to arrest him. But they won't let him come home. There's been some discussion of this as a Constirutional question, but it's actually much more fundamental as a question of international human rights law, including treaties which the USA has actually ratified: http://hasbrouck.org/blog/archives/001106.html ---------------- Edward Hasbrouck <edward () hasbrouck org> <http://hasbrouck.org> 1130 Treat Ave., San Francisco, CA 94110, USA +1-415-824-0214consultant to The Identity Project (IDP), a program of the First Amendment
Project <http://www.papersplease.org> "Congress shall make no law ... abridging ... the right of the people peaceably to assemble" (U.S. Constitution, Amendment 1) "Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the bordersof each state. Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his
own, andto return to his country." (Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article
13) "Liberty of movement is an indispensable condition for the free development of a person." (United Nations Human Rights Committee, General Comment No. 27) ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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