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The court in Strasbourg has ruled that the five men would not face human rights contraventions when facing life and solitary confinement in a supermax prison. A sixth suspect is currently under consideration regarding mental health issues.Abu Hamza faces allegations of...
The conservative court voted 5-4 that privacy rights involving searches were outweighed by security concerns. Justice Anthony Kennedy concluded that the search procedures struck a reasonable balance between the privacy of inmates and the needs of the prisons to stop drugs,...
The home secretary has announced that the new rules will be in place by the summer and will make it clear that the right to a private life afforded under the European Convention on Human Rights can only be used as a bar to deportation in 'rare and exceptional cases'. Theresa...
The Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, has expressed concern over the government's plans to hold private trials for some civil cases involving national security. Clegg, writing to the National Security Council, has expressed the opinion that judges as opposed to ministers...
District Judge Bryan Dixon ruled that a 2010 law passed by the Oklahoma state legislature requiring abortion patients to view an ultrasound image and listen to a detailed description of the fetus before the procedure is an unconstitutional special law. Judge Dixon held that the...
The Home Secretary, Theresa May, has embarked on a visit to Jordan, in an attempt to reach an agreement that would see radical cleric Abu Qatada deported from the UK.Abu Qatada was released on bail last month, but May, who will be in Jordan until Wednesday, is hoping that...
A lot of attention has recently been given to the Extradition Act 2003, and from my understanding the whole debate is far from straightforward given its many layers and facets. It is not an area of law I have ever studied or worked in. Better judgement would stop me from...
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