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• Guantánamo release of six to Uruguay will not impact force-feeding lawsuit

  07-12-2014 19:27
  
  Abu Wa’el Dhiab among men released to South America on SundaySuit seeks release of videos of forced feedings by tubeUS to appeal on release of Guantánamo force-feeding videosCongress demands to see force-feeding videosAbu Wa’el Dhiab, a Syrian man who brought the first courtroom challenge to the Obama administration’s force-feeding of hunger-striking Guantánamo Bay detainees, has been transferred to Uruguay and freed.Also sent to Uruguay on Sunday were Ahmed Adnan Ahjam, Ali Hussai
  
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• Guantánamo release of five to Uruguay will not impact force-feeding lawsuit

  07-12-2014 19:27
  
  Abu Wa’el Dhiab among men released to South America on SundaySuit seeks release of videos of forced feedings by tubeUS to appeal on release of Guantánamo force-feeding videosCongress demands to see force-feeding videosAbu Wa’el Dhiab, a Syrian man who brought the first courtroom challenge to the Obama administration’s force-feeding of hunger-striking Guantánamo Bay detainees, has been transferred to Uruguay and freed.Also sent to Uruguay on Sunday were Ahmed Adnan Ahjam, Ali Hussai
  
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• Judge resigns after making racist remark about victim

  07-12-2014 15:29
  
  Richard Hollingworth, who is an immigration judge, resigns as district judge after saying woman would ‘only be working in a shop’An immigration judge has been forced to resign as a district judge after making a racist remark about a victim.Richard Hollingworth was hearing a case of harassment at Preston magistrates court when he told officials to bring the victim, Deepa Patel, to court because he wanted to complete his sentencing that afternoon. Continue reading...
  
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• La Santé prison: visitors welcome

  07-12-2014 09:00
  
  The site of riots, executions and dramatic escapes, La Santé in central Paris is the most infamous prison in France. When it closed recently for a four-year modernisation programme, the public were invited to visit…The last vespasienne left standing in Paris stands on the Boulevard Arago just beneath the walls of La Santé prison. Not so long ago these green public urinals were almost as synonymous with Paris as the Eiffel tower or the Sacré-Coeur. They also played a minor but cr
  
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• Politicians: New drink drive law 'a diversion' - Express.co.uk

  07-12-2014 01:40
  
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  Politicians: New drink drive law 'a diversion'
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  By yesterday afternoon, five motorists had fallen foul of the new legal alcohol limit, which has been lowered from 80mg to 50mg in every 100ml of blood – the lowest in the UK. Police and road safety campaigners have said an average of 20 people die on ...
  
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• The media giant, the cleaners and the £40,000 lost wages

  07-12-2014 01:20
  
  The case of 35 unpaid cleaning staff at Saatchi & Saatchi’s Soho office highlights the plight of low-income workersFor weeks, the 35 low-paid and mostly Spanish-speaking cleaners who tend the grand offices of global advertising giant Saatchi & Saatchi have been locked in a bitter dispute to secure what most working people take for granted. They wanted to be paid for the work they had done.Last Friday, they made a breakthrough when a donor was found to help initiate employment tribunal
  
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• Judge issues ultimatum on ‘absurd’ £1.3m dispute

  07-12-2014 01:00 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  'Flabbergasted' Mr Justice Holman persuades parties to settle after threatening to limit their submissions.
  
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