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• Idaho student receives official regrets and compensation for post-9/11 arrest

  16-01-2015 22:55
  
  Abdullah al-Kidd, one of about 70 Muslim men allegedly detained under material witness statute after 2001 terror attacks, settles lawsuit against US governmentA US citizen who said he was wrongly arrested when the government rounded up Muslim men after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks has settled his lawsuit against the FBI.The American Civil Liberties Union, which represented Abdullah al-Kidd in the lawsuit, announced the settlement on Friday. Under the terms of the settlement, the fede
  
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• Frantic search underway on riverbanks for missing Durham law student - Express.co.uk

  16-01-2015 22:46
  
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  Frantic search underway on riverbanks for missing Durham law student
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  ... Travel · Entertainment · Life & Style · Puzzles · Pics · Vids · UK · World · Showbiz · Royal · Nature · Politics · History · Weird · WWI · Obituaries · Scotland · Sunday · Home · News · UK; Frantic search underway on riverbanks for missing Durham ...
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• US supreme court agrees to hear cases on right to same-sex marriage nationwide

  16-01-2015 21:42
  
  Advocates and opponents of same-sex marriage have been anxious for once-and-for-all ruling after Defense of Marriage Act was struck down in 2013The supreme court on Friday announced it will review four same-sex marriage cases in this session, nearly two years after its landmark decision to overturn the Defense of Marriage Act (Doma) set in course a string of swift victories for the marriage equality movement.Advocates, opponents and lawmakers have been anxious for a once-and-for-all ruling on th
  
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• Barack Obama and David Cameron fail to see eye to eye on surveillance

  16-01-2015 21:01
  
  British prime minister takes tougher line on internet companies than US president at White House talks on Islamist threatsBarack Obama and David Cameron struck different notes on surveillance powers after the president conceded that there is an important balance to be struck between monitoring terror suspects and protecting civil liberties.As Cameron warned the internet giants that they must do more to ensure they do not become platforms for terrorist communications, the US president said he wel
  
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• Where is justice for those still abandoned in Guantánamo Bay? | Morris Davis

  16-01-2015 19:19
  
  A man who is no more a terrorist than Forrest Gump was remains incarcerated four years after he was cleared for release“I will be back soon,” I said, as we stood up and shook hands. Then I turned and walked a few steps to the gate, and waited for the guard to unlock it so I could leave. Those were the last words I said to Mohamedou Ould Slahi after I met him in the tiny compound he shared with Tariq al-Sawah in the detention camp at Guantánamo Bay. That was se
  
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• Guantánamo Diary exposes brutality of US rendition and torture

  16-01-2015 19:15
  
  Memoir serialised by Guardian tells how Mohamedou Ould Slahi endured savage beatings, death threats and sexual humiliation
  
  • How a classified manuscript became an extraordinary book
  • Profile: a chronicler of fear, not despairThe ground-breaking memoir of a current Guantánamo inmate which lays bare the harrowing details of the US rendition and torture programme from the perspective of one of its victims is to be published next week after a six-year battle for the manuscript to
  
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• Saudi blogger Raif Badawi’s case referred to supreme court, says his wife

  16-01-2015 19:09
  
  King said to have stepped in amid flogging clamour as second round of 50 lashes delayed on health grounds
  
  • A look at the writings of Raif BadawiThe wife of the Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, who was sentenced to 1,000 lashes for criticising leading clerics, says King Abdullah has referred his case to the supreme court amid an international clamour over his flogging.Ensaf Haidar, who lives in Canada with the couple’s three children, told the BBC the decision had raised hopes that the author
  
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• ICC may investigate possible war crimes in Palestinian territories

  16-01-2015 18:43
  
  Prosecutor’s decision could ultimately lead to Israeli and Palestinian officials facing charges in The HagueThe prosecutor of the international criminal court in The Hague has launched an initial examination to consider whether war crimes have been committed in the occupied Palestinian territories and whether any crimes identified meet the criteria for a fully fledged investigation.Although the first step, announced by prosecutor Fatou Bensouda, is largely a procedural one, it is still highly
  
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• Frenchman detained in Bulgaria denies Islamist militant links: lawyer - Reuters UK

  16-01-2015 17:58
  Frenchman detained in Bulgaria denies Islamist militant links: lawyer
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  HASKOVO, Bulgaria (Reuters) - A French citizen arrested in Bulgaria for alleged links to the gunmen who attacked the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, denies being part of an Islamist group and is ready to be extradited to prove his innocence, his ...
  
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• Judge shaves £100k off ‘disproportionate’ costs bill

  16-01-2015 16:58 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Firm claimed costs on an indemnity basis of more than £200,000, which included charge for 111 partner hours.
  
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• Judge shaves £100,000 off 'disproportionate' costs bill

  16-01-2015 16:58 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Firm claimed costs on an indemnity basis of more than £200,000, which included charge for 111 partner hours.
  
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• Ched Evans website referred to CPS over alleged identification of rape victim

  16-01-2015 14:56
  
  CPS asked to consider criminal charges against people behind footballer’s website, which features CCTV footage of victimThe attorney general has asked prosecutors to consider criminal charges against the individuals behind the Ched Evans website for allegedly identifying the woman he raped.In CCTV footage posted on the website, which was set up by Evans’s family and friends in 2012 to protest his innocence, the victim is seen entering the hotel in Rhyl where she was later attacked. Clearly v
  
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• Saudi Arabia postpones flogging of blogger Raif Badawi

  16-01-2015 14:05
  
  Doctor recommends delaying second lot of 50 lashes because initial wounds have not healed adequately to withstand more
  
  • A look at the writings of Raif BadawiSaudi Arabia has postponed the public flogging of the blogger Raif Badawi on medical grounds, according to reports.The 31-year-old was due to receive a second lot of 50 lashes after Friday prayers; the first 50 having been given outside al-Jafali mosque in the port city of Jeddah last week. He was sentenced last May to 10 years in pr
  
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• Why don’t sentences for accused sex offenders teach them to treat women like people? | Victoria Law

  16-01-2015 12:30
  
  Our current legal system discourages people from taking full responsibility for their actions and their consequencesIn November 2011, a group of young men allegedly raped a very drunk fifteen-year-old, snapped a photo, and circulated it, kicking off bullying that preceeded the girl’s suicide. On Thursday, one of them was sentenced to twelve months of probation and a mental health assessment. Whether or not this was an appropriate sentence – he was not on trial for rape, but for distributing
  
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• Nick Clegg slams politicians who proclaim free speech yet seek to constrain it

  16-01-2015 12:29
  
  Deputy prime minister stands up for journalists in under-reported speech - to journalistsNick Clegg has spoken of the irony of politicians who defend free speech and press freedom yet advocate “a huge encroachment on the freedom of all British citizens.”
  In a key passage from his speech at the Journalists’ Charity on Tuesday, the deputy prime minster and Lib-Dem leader said:“The irony appears to be lost on some politicians who say in one breath that they will defend freedom of expressi
  
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• Regulators and judicial review

  16-01-2015 12:12 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Debate around judicial review has made headlines in recent weeks with proposed government reforms being the subject of heated debate in the House of Lords.
  
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• SDT: ​Zia Lat

  16-01-2015 11:57 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  The SDT ordered that the respondent should be struck off the roll.
  
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• Government raises threshold for bankruptcy petitions

  16-01-2015 11:32 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Solicitor groups and insolvency practitioners had both called for an increase in the limit, which has not been changed since 1986.
  
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• ​More ‘respect and dignity’ for mental health patients

  16-01-2015 10:23 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Department of Health published revised code of practice for the Mental Health Act. 
  
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• Silicon Round-up: Google and eBay's lawyer comes to London - Evening Standard

  16-01-2015 08:42
  
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  Silicon Round-up: Google and eBay's lawyer comes to London
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  The UK remains the company's biggest market, accounting for £23.6 million of last year's revenue. In total, group turnover rose from £42.2 million to £55.4 million. The jump in losses was chiefly due to a big increase in staffing costs. Mimecast grew ...
  
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• Free domestic violence hotline for Papua New Guinea by year's end

  16-01-2015 06:19
  
  The phone line for women and children will be up and running within months as non-government organisations battle family violence and sexual abuseA free hotline for victims of family and sexual abuse in Papua New Guinea will be in place by the end of the year, as non-government organisations (NGOs) continue to battle the epidemic of violence in the country.
  The phone line has been almost two years in the making and still requires a lot of work before it is operational. In a country which only
  
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• Prosecutors say alleged Russian hacker has money for lawyer - Yahoo News UK

  16-01-2015 03:11
  
  Prosecutors say alleged Russian hacker has money for lawyer
  Yahoo News UK
  Roman Seleznev and his two private lawyers had asked U.S. District Judge Richard Jones to allow the lawyers to withdraw from the case for undisclosed reasons. Jones signed an order saying Seleznev's sworn financial statement shows he can't afford a ...
  
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• Covering eyes can help witnesses recall crimes, study finds

  16-01-2015 01:01
  
  Researchers at Surrey University find evidence that blocking off vision boosts the ability to remember events accuratelyDepicting justice blindfold may not merely be a figurative assertion of courtroom impartiality: witnesses have been shown to improve their memory of a crime when they close their eyes.Research by psychologists at Surrey University has found fresh evidence suggesting that encouraging people to block off their vision boosts their ability to remember events accurately. Continue re
  
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