Dear Editor,
It's mortifying that the Prime Minister was photographed hand in hand on Holocaust Memorial Day with a US President who, later that day, signed an executive order which places an immediate ban on immigrants from seven Muslim majority countries and all refugees entering the USA.
The order, which is called 'Protection Of The Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into The United States', also states that prohibition would not apply to non-Muslims and that Christians fleeing persecution would be prioritised for resettlement.
These measures are a barbaric attack on Muslims in the USA, from the countries which are now banned and on all Muslims around the world. It stamps upon all principles of liberty and civil rights and undermines the value system upon which all our democracies is based.
As Greens here in the UK we are ashamed that the highest elected official of our country visited the USA during this time and then spectacularly failed to take a serious stand against such hatred.
We call upon our Prime Minister to immediately condemn the order in the strongest. Half-baked statements simply aren’t good enough. All who value human rights must stand up against this alarming act, the rise in hatred it represents and these clear stirrings towards fascism.
Caroline Lucas MP, Co-Leader
Jonathan Bartley, Co-Leader
Baroness Jenny Jones
Molly Scott-Cato MEP
Keith Taylor MEP
Jean Lambert MEP
Sian Berry AM
Caroline Russell AM
Grenville Ham, Deputy Leader, Wales Green Party
Ousman Noor, Campaigns Coordinator, London Green Party
Sarah Cope, Spokesperson, Women
Dr Rebecca Johnson, Spokesperson, Security, Peace and Defence
Esther Obiri-Darko, Spokesperson, Science and Technology
Mags Lewis, Spokesperson, Disability
Larry Sanders, Spokesperson, Health
Shahrar Ali, Spokesperson, Home Affairs
Charley Pattison, Spokesperson, Justice
Natalie Bennett, PPS, Sheffield Central
Martin Francis, Chair, Green Left
Dee Searle, Co-Chair, Camden Green Party
John Holmes, Co-Chair, Camden Green Party