Samantha is back in the UK!

We are all hugely relieved that Samantha Orobator is now back in the UK and I hope that she will be released as soon as possible.

The ordeal that she has been through is truly shocking; her legal rights were violated on every level – from her right to a fair and proper investigation, to withholding her right to confidential access to an independent lawyer, to the trial that was nothing more than a show trial.

Statements made today by the British government that the Lao sentence would be upheld are disturbing. That the British would rubberstamp their approval on the farcical Lao proceedings is truly beyond belief and we intend to challenge this in the courts if necessary. Watch this space...