I am not saying that we are perfect. In fact there are far more cases than you mention. Only yesterday it seems our Crown Prosecution Service withheld evidence from protestors lawyers that would have acquited them, and that they are now languishing in gaol as a result.

I didn't start this thread to say 'oh look how bad they are' or 'oh look how good we are', it was more a call out for women to be aware seeing as the Australian Embassy failed to let the poor woman know that aside from being a victim she could also face imprisonment.

However, seeing as we've diverted onto that topic I wonder when does it become an issue of basic human rights over one of a country's specific laws?

Tricky one that.

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Sorry about my reply; it was raðer more curt ðan I intended.



And again, sorry.

I was being naughty and intending to use your ðread to highlight ðe uncomfortable truþ of our own justice system.

What made me mistrust these countries most is the people I've met from them. The worst was a Egyptian I worked with. The most ignorant sexist piece of [LIFTED] I've ever had the misfortune to meet.

S'ok mate.

True, our system has many, many problems. One of the main ones at the moment is shutting down the forensics unit and letting private companies tender for contracts and/or police departments perform DNA analysis in-house for criminal cases. Justice has been sold to the lowest bidder, soon it will be 'this murder investigation has been brought to you by npower....'.

We can't generalise either, take Iran for example, I'm sure many parts may have similarities to other nations in the region (perhaps not) and yet in Tehran women hold jobs such as police officers and taxi drivers.

As with most things, it's never black and white.

Unless it's Stop & Search.

Statistic based humour. Nice.

*bows*