Megrahi petition before Justice Committee on 22 September

A reminder that Justice for Megrahi’s petition (PE1370) calling upon the Scottish Government to institute an independent inquiry into the conviction of Abdelbaset Megrahi for the Lockerbie bombing is on the agenda for the meeting of the Scottish Parliament’s Justice Committee to be held on Tuesday, 22 September 2015 in Holyrood’s Committee Room 1 beginning at 10.00. The papers for this meeting can be read here. The committee clerk’s note on the petition and the options open to the committee can be found at pages 10 and 11; and the various written submissions at pages 18 to 23. Justice for Megrahi’s submission to the committee can be read here.