Daily Archives: 07/03/2011

Minister seeks clemency for thalidomide survivor from Philippines president

A government minister has written to the president of the Philippines to ask for the release of a thalidomide survivor who has served 18 years in prison for drug smuggling.
Liberal Democrat Foreign Office minister Jeremy Browne has asked Benigno Aquino III for “clemency” in the case of Billy Burton.
Burton was handed a life sentence after [...]