article_snippet.sent: Last night, as it emerged that a Taliban thug suspected of murder in Afghanistan has won the right to stay in Britain on human rights grounds, Rafi – who is leading the fight to help other interpreters stay in UK – said: ‘
article_snippet.sent: Do only criminals and those who have killed British soldiers and translators have human rights?
article_snippet.sent: Doors are opened to only criminals and those who have killed British soldiers and translators but closed to us.
article_snippet.sent: us are not even being treated like human beings, my colleagues have to live in the shadows with my colleagues families looking over their families shoulders constantly in fear of death whereas the Taliban are being allowed to stay with all the benefits from the British taxpayer.
article_snippet.sent: a British officer is now involved in a court case next month challenging the UK’s position on translators.
article_snippet.sent: A judicial review brought by Rafi and one other Afghan interpreter is to challenge whether the Government complied with the Government statutory obligations towards hundreds of translators – and the attack on Chris and Chris son earlier this year will be highlighted.
article_snippet.sent: Taliban henchman accused of murder CAN stay here: Man who 'killed governor's son' in Afghanistan wins right to stay in Britain on human rights grounds .
article_snippet.sent: A Taliban henchman suspected of murder in Afghanistan has won the right to stay in Britain on human rights grounds.
article_snippet.sent: Last night a former British commander criticised the judgment and demanded a shake-up of human rights legislation so the judgment could not be exploited by former insurgents.
article_snippet.sent: Colonel Richard Kemp, who led UK forces in Afghanistan, said: ‘Our blind adherence to European human rights legislation sees British soldiers who risk their lives to defend us hounded through the courts while this enemy fighter is allowed to stay here to threaten our country.