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• US deports Salvadoran former general tied to 1980s civil war killings

  08-04-2015 23:03
  
  Eugenio Vides Casanova back in El Salvador with 133 others Wednesday
  Former general allegedly allowed murder and torture during country’s civil warA former Salvadoran general linked to human rights abuses in the 1980s is back in his home country after being deported from the US.El Salvador immigration spokesman Mauricio Silva says ex-general Eugenio Vides Casanova arrived in the Central American nation Wednesday on a plane with 133 other deportees. Continue reading...
  
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• Uruguay requests ex-Guantánamo detainees receive US financial help

  08-04-2015 19:02
  
  Tabare Vasquez says US ‘should provide all the necessary means’ and plans to bring it up with Obama at summit in Panama this weekUruguay president Tabare Vazquez said Wednesday the United States should provide financial help to six former Guantánamo Bay prisoners who were resettled in the South American country last year.Vazquez said he would bring it up when he meets with US president Barack Obama this week at the Summit of the Americas in Panama. Continue reading...
  
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• Bar regulator licenses 15 ‘entities’

  08-04-2015 18:30 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  BSB says it will name new businesses when they have secured insurance to offer services.
  
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• Bar regulator licenses 15 'entities'

  08-04-2015 18:30 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  BSB says it will name new businesses when they have secured insurance to offer services.
  
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• ICC has no jurisdiction to prosecute Isis despite 'crimes of unspeakable cruelty'

  08-04-2015 16:02
  
  Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said International Criminal Court cannot open an inquiry as neither Syria nor Iraq are member statesIsis has committed “crimes of unspeakable cruelty” in Syria and Iraq but the International Criminal Court does not have jurisdiction to open an inquiry, its prosecutor said on Wednesday.Fatou Bensouda said in a statement that the court was unable to prosecute since neither Syria nor Iraq is a member of the court and the United Nations Security Council has not asked fo
  
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• High court to go on recruitment drive for 'non-traditional' judges

  08-04-2015 15:27
  
  The pilot programme is open to women, those from minority ethnic backgrounds and ‘less-advantaged’ white applicants The first ever affirmative action drive to boost diversity among judges has been launched, promising support and mentoring for those from “non-traditional backgrounds”.The initiative, led by the appeal court judge Lady Justice Hallett and the Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC), is aimed at putting lawyers and legal academics with no previous judicial experience directly
  
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• Anti-terror law jeopardises Malaysia's 'open-minded, easy-going' image, says ... - Malay Mail Online

  08-04-2015 15:04
  
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  Anti-terror law jeopardises Malaysia's 'open-minded, easy-going' image, says ...
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  In his analysis of the proposed Prevention of Terrorism Bill (Pota) yesterday, The Guardian's Simon Tisdall cautioned the government against following other rigid and authoritarian regimes in Southeast Asia to build a modern state. — AFP picKUALA ...en meer »
  
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• We can't end rape stigma by forcing all victims to identify themselves | Jessica Valenti

  08-04-2015 14:00
  
  Rape victims who share their stories and names are indisputably brave – but they shouldn’t have to be if they don’t want toIn a perfect world, there would be no stigma to being a victim of sexual violence. Sexual assault survivors could come forward and talk about their stories without fear of retribution, shaming or harassment. Reporters could print the names of those assaulted, knowing that the victims’ safety would remain intact.But we do not live in a perfect – or even near-perfect
  
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• UK university admissions service broke data laws over targeted advertising

  08-04-2015 13:58
  
  Ucas Media made young applicants ‘feel obliged to let it use their information for commercial purposes’, rules Information Commissioner’s OfficeThe universities admissions service, Ucas, broke data protection rules when it signed up teenagers applying to university to receive adverts about mobile phones, energy drinks and other products, the information commissioner ruled on Wednesday.Think of us as a youth marketing agency with unique reach to students and young people Continue reading...
  
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• University admissions service broke data laws over targeted advertising

  08-04-2015 13:58
  
  Ucas Media made young applicants feel obliged to let it use their information for commercial purposes, rules Information Commissioner’s OfficeThe universities admissions service, Ucas, broke data protection rules when it signed up teenagers to receive adverts about mobile phones, energy drinks and other products, the information commissioner has ruled.Think of us as a youth marketing agency with unique reach to students and young people Continue reading...
  
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• UK law firm McMillan Williams moves to Interxion datacentre to support growth - ComputerWeekly.com

  08-04-2015 13:05
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  UK law firm McMillan Williams moves to Interxion datacentre to support growth
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  McMillan Williams Solicitors (MWS), the high street law firm, has enlisted the help of cloud provider Interxion to overhaul its IT infrastructure in preparation for its next wave of growth. The company has 20 branches dotted around the south of England ...
  
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• Legal executives get a pay rise

  08-04-2015 12:35 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Buoyant market is fuelling salary hikes - especially in property.
  
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• Watchdog clears insurer’s complaint about PI advert

  08-04-2015 11:06 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Insurance broker objected to firm’s reference to ‘an accident anywhere it’s your right to claim’.
  
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• Why every aspiring lawyer should study international law

  08-04-2015 10:53
  
  The globalisation of legal practice means that a knowledge of international law is crucial even for those planning to work in the UKThe emergence of Islamic State and the ever-present threat of terrorism has highlighted the role of international law.And while some aspiring lawyers may dismiss the subject as outside the scope of the UK legal system and therefore irrelevant, the truth is, they’re missing the point. Related: Why every aspiring lawyer should study human rights lawRelated: How a la
  
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• Tim Carmody's appointment wounded QLD's courts. Yet they stagger on | Richard Ackland

  08-04-2015 03:54
  
  Senior Queensland lawyers have laid body blows on the Newman government-appointed chief justice. The disagreement has real consequences for justice in the sunshine stateAustralians have a god-given faith in the enduring strength and reliability of our institutions: parliaments, the public service, agencies of the state, the courts, the ABC news, banks, regulators, the Queen, Vegemite, etc. Nothing has broken down in any serious sense, so the whole show shuffles on in a seamless parade of apparen
  
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• Elton John & Michael Stipe call for protection of transgender inmates

  08-04-2015 02:13
  
  British artist and REM frontman demand equal rights for transgender inmates following claims that transgender woman was mistreated at Georgia prisonA joint statement from Georgia native and REM frontman Michael Stipe and Sir Elton John calls on the Georgia Department of Corrections to provide hormone therapy and safety to transgender women housed in male prisons in the state.
  The statement comes a few days after one woman, Ashley Diamond, found a surprise ally in her lawsuit against the state. T
  
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• Elton John and Michael Stipe call for protection of transgender inmates

  08-04-2015 02:13
  
  British artist and REM frontman demand equal rights for transgender inmates after claims that transgender woman was mistreated at Georgia prisonA joint statement from Georgia native and REM frontman Michael Stipe and Sir Elton John calls on the Georgia department of corrections to provide hormone therapy and safety to transgender women housed in male prisons in the state.
  The statement comes a few days after one woman, Ashley Diamond, found a surprise ally in her lawsuit against the state. The U
  
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