A splendid judgment by the law lords banning the use of torture-derived evidence in UK courts, but imposing a test for determining whether torture has probably been used which in practice can never be satisfied: no wonder the home office is happy! [More >>>]
The Guardian’s daily blog excerpts includes an old item of mine from last August [More >>>>]
It couldn’t happen here. But that’s what we said before they abolished detention without trial, the presumption of innocence, double jeopardy…. [More >>>]
The American embassy’s bizarre decision to join a few other diplomats in refusing to pay the London congestion charge (a form of road toll) has prompted renewed debate about diplomatic immunity and whether it can be abused with impunity (More >>>>)
A remarkable adult group assembles weekly at Keele University to hear a long talk on a current affairs subject, the brainchild of a very remarkable man — Owen Powell [More >>>]
There’s just enough time to lobby your MP to urge him or her to vote against the oppressive and unnecessary provisions of the latest anti-terrorism Bill, and for repeal of the pernicious Control Orders [More >>>>]
A liberal/legal American blog casts disturbing light on the case of Lynndie England of Abu Ghraib [More >>>]
The government’s proposal to extend the time allowed for detaining a terrorist suspect for investigation and eventual trial offers an opportunity to get rid of control orders, a much greater evil. [More>>>]
The transcript of Tony Blair’s radio interview after the UN summit suggests a prime minister unable to clarify government policies in reply to routine questioning. Has he begun to lose the plot? [More >>>]
Tony Blair wants parliament to tell the British judges how to interpret the Human Rights Convention so that it can deport terrorist suspects even when they risk being tortured. The Australian lawyer John Greenwell comments. [More >>>]