Seanad debates
Tuesday, 1 July 2003
Order of Business.
I am also taken aback that we will now extradite people for offences of any kind which carry a penalty in excess of one year in prison, to a country which locks people up without trial, beats them up when they are in custody and says through the United States Department of Defense that as they were not beaten up that badly, it is not that serious. That is what the US Government's own review body stated – that they were beaten up but not that badly; therefore, it is okay – and we have signed an extradition treaty with that country. Such an issue should be fully debated in this House. I am aware that it will have to be approved by the Oireachtas but I am concerned about the route we are taking on this issue.
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