Appeasing Libya …

You would have thought that safe passage for Lawyers from the International Criminal Court would be guaranteed, at least in any civilised country. You might also be forgiven for thinking that consular access to an Australian citizen arrested in a civilised place would also be guaranteed. You might expect an Australian Foreign Minister might press pretty firmly if it turned out otherwise …

FOREIGN Minister Bob Carr last night spoke to International Criminal Court president Sang-Hyun Song, urging him to apologise to the Libyan authorities to help speed up the release of detained lawyer Melinda Taylor.

Neville Chamberlain couldn’t have put it more forcefully …

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