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No. 22, January 2003
October 30, 2002
Prime Minister of the Netherlands,
Binnenhof 20,
Postbus 20001,
2500 EA The Hague,
Netherlands.
copy to Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Bezuidenhoutseweg 67,
Postbus 20061,
2500EB The Hague,
Netherlands
Dear Prime Minister,
I am a Green MP in New Zealand and our party's foreign
affairs spokesperson.
I am disturbed by reports of actions being taken against
Professor Jose Maria Sison, who has been a refugee in
your country for many years.
I have met Professor Sison and read a lot of his articles
and it is clear to me that he is an important political
analyst, who has written many articles and books on the
Philippines.
It stretches the imagination that someone so engrossed in
scholarly works in the Netherlands is somehow responsible
for terrorist acts somewhere else. It deeply concerns me
that anti-terrorist laws are now being used against him.
One does not have to agree with all that Professor Sison
writes, and I certainly don't, to know that he does make
a significant contribution as a political analyst.
I would request that his rights as a refugee in your
country be respected.
Yours sincerely,
Keith Locke, MP
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