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• Alabama same-sex marriages could start on Monday, says judge

  25-01-2015 23:53
  
  Each probate judge will decide whether to grant licensesFriday ruling said state’s ban violated US constitutionThe association representing Alabama’s probate judges said on Sunday it is possible some judges there may issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples when courthouses open on Monday, despite their advice against it.US district judge Callie Granade ruled for one same-sex couple on Friday, declaring that Alabama’s statutory and constitutional gay marriage bans violate the US constit
  
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• The war on leaks has gone way too far when journalists' emails are under surveillance | Trevor Timm

  25-01-2015 23:03
  
  The US government’s demands for the private emails of WikiLeaks staffers is outrageous. Disliking Julian Assange is a disgraceful reason anyone to stay silentWikiLeaks demands answers after Google hands staff emails to US government
  The outrageous legal attack on WikiLeaks and its staffers, who are exercising their First Amendment rights to publish classified information in the public interest—just like virtually every other major news organization in this country—is an attack on freedom o
  
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• Jewish leaders call for Europe-wide legislation outlawing antisemitism

  25-01-2015 17:59
  
  Proposal would criminalise activities such as banning the burqa, forced marriage, female genital mutilation and Holocaust denialEuropean Jewish leaders, backed by a host of former EU heads of state and government, are to call next week for pan-European legislation outlawing antisemitism amid a sense of siege and emergency feeding talk of a mass exodus of Europe’s oldest ethnic minority.A panel of four prestigious international experts on constitutional law have spent three years consulting wid
  
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• Ministry of Justice bids for contract with Saudi prison service

  25-01-2015 09:29
  
  New commercial arm of justice ministry hopes to sell expertise to country under scrutiny over beheadings and floggingsThe Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is hoping to profit from selling its expertise to the prison service in Saudi Arabia, a country notorious for public beheadings, floggings, amputations and courts that regularly violate human rights.A new commercial arm of the UK justice ministry, staffed by civil servants, has bid for a £5.9m contract in Saudi Arabia. Just Solutions internatio
  
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• Eric Cantona's kung fu-kick at 20: Guardian reports from the archive

  25-01-2015 09:00
  
  Twenty years ago today, Eric Cantona stunned the football world as he launched himself feet first at a fan who he claimed had baited him. Here’s how the Guardian covered the dramatic story
  Having been sent off in the 48th minute in a match against Crystal Palace, the Manchester United striker Eric Cantona launched himself at Matthew Simmons before the pair traded punches. In his match report for the Guardian, David Lacey said Cantona went ‘beserk.’ He also questioned whether the talented
  
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• Rupert Murdoch and the police treat journalists like terrorists | Nick Cohen

  25-01-2015 06:05
  
  The contempt for journalism has never been greater, both from within and withoutJournalists must protect their sources. From whistleblowers revealing great secrets to exposés of everyday corruption and incompetence, few will talk if they fear they will lose their jobs or maybe more than their jobs. The police might arrest and jail them. In extreme cases, dictatorships or terrorists might kill them. Livelihood, liberty, life – all can be endangered when sources speak out.The powerful sym
  
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