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Rights of Iraqi women must be protected
August 8, 2005 4:11 PM
By Baroness Sarah Ludford MEP in The Guardian
By Baroness Sarah Ludford MEP in The Guardian
The alternative justification for the invasion of Iraq proffered by Tony Blair and George Bush, after the failure to find WMD, was the liberation of its people from oppression in the name of universal human rights. So they have no excuse now for betraying the nearly 60% of the population who are women. As an MEP who cosponsored a declaration in the European parliament on the right of European Muslim women to wear the hijab, I am equally passionate about the right not to wear it. But there are many even more substantial rights at stake too. Many people will judge Blair on this issue.
Sarah Ludford MEP
Lib Dem, London
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