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PASS THE SUPREME COURT OF DOLLAR Parliament on secret evidence

was the week of Rupert Murdoch has dropped his bid for BSkyB - but this week the Supreme Court banned the use of secret evidence by intelligence agencies to hide the torture allegations. In the words of Lord Dyson:

"The right to confront accusers by themselves is a fundamental common law right to a fair trial that the court can not abrogate the exercise its inherent power ... Parliament can do. "

"And that," writes Richard Norton-Taylor, "is just what the government is now proposed. He is currently preparing a Green Paper, which should state that the proposals made by MI5 and MI6 before courts, which dismissed - must now be incorporated into a new status of the Supreme Court has handed over to MPs and peers will now be alerted to the dangers ahead "

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and was face to face, as Assange, made another attempt to avoid extradition to Sweden. Robert Booth reports on a change of team tactics. Assange

ECHR and civil societies

equality and decision of the Commission on Human Rights in Strasbourg to intervene to support the case of Lilian Ledele, the secretary, who was fired for refusing to perform civil ceremonies (the Association and three other cases that would have violated religious freedom) shocked both Patrick Strudwick and Andrew Copson of the British Humanist Society:

"The line drawn in the case of Lädele set an important precedent in the recognition of fundamental rights (some would say constitutional) the nature of the rights of gays and lesbians to be protected against discrimination. Not should certainly be retained. "

ERROR COMPENSATION FOR VICTIMS OF JUSTICE

"I was sent to prison for something I have never. They took me away from my children. I lost everything. Nobody apologized to me for that. That's all I want. I would feel better. "

Jon Robins

observed a meeting of the House of Commons that marked the beginning of the campaign to ensure that victims of miscarriages of justice are outweighed by the consequences of errors in the state.

CONFUSION ON THE DEATH OF MEDIA

squatting

Meanwhile, the Department of Justice announced plans to criminalize the offense. Giles Peaker legal writing almost

"The media's response ... was to focus on squatting, very predictable," protect the owners of squatters "... The answer is quite deliberately and perhaps inaccurate information about the law. "

JUDGES IN THE COURT OF PUBLIC OPINION

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