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• Rohingya militants massacred Hindus in Myanmar, says Amnesty

  22-05-2018 18:57 via theguardian.com
  Human rights group says accountability for atrocities is just as crucial as for security forces’ crimesThe Rohingya military group Arsa carried out deadly massacres and abductions of the Hindu community in Myanmar’s Rakhine state last year, a new report by Amnesty International has revealed.Testimony collected by Amnesty from dozens of witnesses and survivors of the attacks in Rakhine in August have detailed how up to 99 Hindu men, women and children were killed by Arsa militants arm
  
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• Secret evidence leads to downgrade of convictions over Stoke shooting

  22-05-2018 18:02 via theguardian.com
  CPS lawyer says there is no satisfactory explanation for not disclosing material earlierSecret evidence that was not disclosed at trial has led to the overturning of the convictions of five men for conspiracy to murder following a shooting in Stoke-on-Trent in 2010.
  Although the court of appeal imposed alternative convictions for the lesser offence of conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm, the men and their lawyers still do not know what the new material reveals. Continue reading...
  
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• 'Plainly unconstitutional': New Orleans jail records inmates' calls to lawyers

  22-05-2018 16:44 via theguardian.com
  Prosecutors in the city can and do listen in to conversations that elsewhere are seen as subject to attorney-client privilegeWhen Gerard Howard was arrested on suspicion of heroin possession, in 2015, the New Orleans district attorney’s office had a problem. The syringe he was found with came back from the lab with no illegal substances detected.
  Prosecutors wanted to convict Howard on paraphernalia charges but there was no proof the needle was intended to be used for anything illicit. So
  
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• Right to see Parole Board decisions comes into force

  22-05-2018 01:01 via theguardian.com
  Law change in England and Wales prompted by row over proposed release of serial sex attacker John WorboysMembers of the public will be able to request summaries of Parole Board decisions on whether prisoners are safe to release under a law change prompted by the handling of the case of serial sex attacker John Worboys.The Parole Board was previously unable to tell victims or the public the reasons why it had decided whether or not to release a prisoner.Continue reading...
  
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• MPs push for Myanmar regime to face international criminal court

  22-05-2018 01:01 via theguardian.com
  International development select committee also supports review of UK aid and application of financial sanctions The UK must support efforts to refer Myanmar’s regime to the international criminal court over evidence of state-sanctioned ethnic cleansing of Rohingya people and human rights abuses, according to MPs on the international development select committee.They also called for a complete review of UK aid to Myanmar, which was worth £100m in 2018, saying the sums were agreed at
  
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