Summary
NOT for the first time, human rights judges have lost the plot. This court ruling is both ludicrous and offensive. Anyone who is removed from society because of the seriousness of the crime they have committed automatically forfeits the rights of that society, including the right to a say in how it is governed. They have put themselves outside the law and its privileges. This is a principle which goes back many hundreds of years.
If prisoners are given a say in society's laws while themselves being literally outlawed, it makes a mockery of the whole nature of punishment and undermines respect for both the rule of law and the concept of citizenship.See the full content of this document
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This Insult to Our Human Rights
Voting is not a basic element of human dignity. Indeed, the universal franchise is a relatively recent development. The vote is granted to individuals as a symbol of citizenship. In turn, citizenship requires o...
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