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UK’s Facebook users jailed for 4 years

Press TV – October 20, 2011

The UK High Court has upheld four-year jail sentences for two protesters who posted messages on the social networking site Facebook during the August unrest.

Lord Chief Justice Lord Judge at the Court of Appeal rejected pleas made by lawyers for Jordan Blackshaw, 21, of Northwich, and Perry Sutcliffe-Keenan, 22, of Warrington for a sentence reduction, alleging that both had intended to cause “very serious crime” at a time of “sustained countrywide mayhem”.

“The abuse of modern technology for criminal purposes extends to and includes incitement of very many people by a single step”, said Lord Judge.

But, lawyers and campaigners warned that tough sentences are being handed out to those involved in the anti-government protests to appease ‘angry Britain’.

British Prime Minister David Cameron also praised the courts for handing down tough sentences to those involved in the unrest.

The Prime Minister said the judge had sent a ‘very clear message’ that mob violence is wrong as the pair were jailed even though their plans came to nothing.

“What happened on our streets was absolutely appalling behaviour and to send a very clear message that it’s wrong and won’t be tolerated is what the criminal justice system should be doing”, said Cameron.

Cameron’s appreciation of his country’s justice system marks another example of the UK system’s double standards policy as far as internal affairs and international relations are concerned.

The UK government has interfered in almost all the world’s countries in which a clash of interests has sparked tensions between those countries’ governments and their opposition movements.

It used to deplore restricting access to social networking sites as a violation of human rights, but now the UK government is treating its own people from the position of chief human rights violator.

October 20, 2011 - Posted by | Civil Liberties

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