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• Freddie Gray: federal civil rights inquiry opened in police-van death in Baltimore

  21-04-2015 22:14
  
  Justice Department investigating death of 25-year-old black man following his arrest and suspension of six officers, whom witnesses tell the Guardian ‘shoved him in head-first’The US Department of Justice has opened a civil rights inquiry into the death of a man whose neck was broken when he was arrested in Baltimore, Maryland.
  Federal investigators will look into the death of Freddie Gray, who died on Sunday, a week after being arrested and lapsing into a coma. An attorney for his family sa
  
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• DoJ opens civil-rights investigation into death of Freddie Gray in Baltimore

  21-04-2015 22:14
  
  Gray was arrested on April 12 and placed in a transport van – and later died of what police described as a significant spinal injury Related: Six Baltimore officers suspended over police-van death of Freddie Gray The US Department of Justice has opened a civil rights inquiry into the death of a man whose neck was broken when he was arrested in Baltimore, Maryland. Continue reading...
  
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• The Guardian view on Britain’s 2015 choice: civil liberties | Editorial

  21-04-2015 21:32
  
  The coalition started out with some feel for freedom. That’s been lost over time. And now the Tories threaten the whole framework for fundamental rightsSome months before the last election, the Conservative party released a little-read document setting out Andrew Lansley’s NHS plans. The ground rules for a new healthcare market, where regulators’ duty was “promoting competition”, were all there, but by the time we got to the 2010 manifesto they were all airbrushed away, save for a few
  
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• Court secrecy goes beyond the Incedal case – it affects immigration appeals too | Letters

  21-04-2015 21:17
  
  The Erol Incedal/Mounir Rarmoul-Bouhadjar secret trial (Secret trial is over ... but reporting restrictions remain; Editorial, 17 April) is not as unique as you seem to suggest. Hearings at which the defendant is not allowed to know who has accused him, or of what, are now part of the normal process of the Special Immigration Appeals Commission, set up under legislation dating back to 1997.I am a member of a group which has been trying to help a refugee from Algeria who was, in 2001, given full
  
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• An unjust system is failing families of those who die in police custody | Letters

  21-04-2015 21:16
  
  The belated recognition that the current system is failing bereaved families following deaths in police custody is a starting point, but words alone are not enough (May’s pledge to families seeking answers over police custody deaths, 20 April). A robust and rigorous investigation and inquest process is of profound importance to the families of those who die in the care and custody of the state.It also serves an important public interest in ascertaining what went wrong and identifying reco
  
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• US blacklists two Greek 'terrorists' after country passes new prison reform law

  21-04-2015 19:29
  
  Extremists put on US terrorist list in response to possibility that Savvas Xiros, of the radical group November 17 that killed Americans, could be released earlyThe US has blacklisted two Greek extremists amid a row over Greece’s new law which could see a bombmaker from a radical group accused of killing Americans released early from prison. Related: US warns Greece against amnesty for bomb-maker with 'blood on his hands'Continue reading...
  
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• Thirty years in jail for a single hair: the FBI's 'mass disaster' of false conviction

  21-04-2015 19:10
  
  A ‘dirty bomb’ of pseudo-science wrapped up nearly 268 cases – perhaps hundreds more. Now begins the ‘Herculean effort to right the wrongs’George Perrot has spent almost 30 years in prison thanks to a single hair. It was discovered by an FBI agent on the bedsheet of a 78-year-old woman who had been raped by a burglar in her home in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1985.Perrot, then 17, was put on trial, despite the absence of physical evidence tying him to the crime scene. There was no s
  
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• Legal aid giant heads bid consortium

  21-04-2015 18:48 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Duncan Lewis teams up with two London firms to bid for crime duty provider contracts.
  
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• Branson applauds UK anti-slavery law, urges firms to clean up supply chains - Reuters UK

  21-04-2015 18:12
  
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  Branson applauds UK anti-slavery law, urges firms to clean up supply chains
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  LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson has defended a new British law designed to stamp out modern day slavery against criticism that it does not do enough to tackle forced labour in supply chains. The Modern ...
  Branson applauds UK anti-slavery law, urges firms to complyMalay Mail Onlinealle 7 nieuwsartikelen »
  
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• Malaya inquiry to hear from survivors of Batang Kali shootings by British troops

  21-04-2015 17:44
  
  Supreme court to hear case over deaths of 24 unarmed villagers at hands of Scots Guards in 1948, during communist uprising in UK protectorateLim Ah Yin last saw her father alive on her 11th birthday. A British soldier, pointing a rifle, was telling him to shut up. A week later, she followed her heavily pregnant mother back to the Malayan rubber plantation and discovered his bloated body amid a swarm of flies. There was a bullet hole in his chest. On Wednesday, Lim, now 78, will take a seat in th
  
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• Branson applauds UK anti-slavery law, urges firms to clean up supply chains ... - Channel News Asia

  21-04-2015 17:42
  
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  Branson applauds UK anti-slavery law, urges firms to clean up supply chains ...
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  Billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson has defended a new British law designed to stamp out modern day slavery against criticism that it does not do enough to tackle forced labor in supply chains. PHOTOS. Virgin Group founder Richard Branson is part ...
  Branson applauds UK anti-slavery law, urges firms to clean up supply chainsYahoo News UKalle 3 nieuwsartikelen »
  
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• Chimpanzees granted petition to hear 'legal persons' status in court

  21-04-2015 17:29
  
  New York judge grants writ of habeas corpus to Hercules and Leo, chimpanzees used for medical experiments, to defend rights against imprisonment
  For the first time in US history, a judge has granted two chimpanzees a petition – through human attorneys – to defend their rights against unlawful imprisonment, allowing a hearing on the status of “legal persons” for the primates.
  On Monday, Manhattan supreme court justice Barbara Jaffe granted a writ of habeas corpus on behalf of two non-huma
  
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• Chimpanzees granted 'legal persons' status to defend their rights in court

  21-04-2015 17:29
  
  New York judge grants writ of habeas corpus to Hercules and Leo, chimpanzees used for medical experiments, to defend rights against imprisonment
  For the first time in US history, a judge has granted two chimpanzees a petition – through human attorneys – to defend their rights against unlawful imprisonment, arguably bestowing the status of “legal persons” on the primates.
  On Monday, Manhattan supreme court justice Barbara Jaffe granted a writ of habeas corpus on behalf of two non-human pl
  
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• PayPal blocks Iranian human rights group's account over sanctions

  21-04-2015 15:51
  
  Justice for Iran, a non-profit group, joins patients in need of life-saving operations, students and a top architect in being hit by sanctions on TehranPayPal has suspended an account belonging to an Iranian human rights group based in London, citing sanctions placed by the west on the country – highlighting how blanket measures are harming ordinary people and activists.Justice for Iran (JFI), a non-profit organisation dedicated to documenting human rights violations, said its account had been
  
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• Iranian human rights group has account blocked by PayPal due to sanctions

  21-04-2015 15:51
  
  Justice for Iran, a non-profit group, joins patients in need of life-saving operations, students and a top architect in being hit by sanctions on TehranPayPal has suspended an account belonging to an Iranian human rights group based in London, citing sanctions placed by the west on the country, highlighting how blanket measures are harming ordinary people and activists.Justice for Iran (JFI), a non-profit organisation dedicated to documenting human rights violations, said its account had been su
  
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• Conveyancing fees outpaced by estate agents

  21-04-2015 13:43 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Legal fees associated with moving home have risen in the past decade – but costs of other services have increased much faster.
  
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• Conveyancing fees outpaced by estate agent charges

  21-04-2015 13:43 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Legal fees associated with moving home have risen in the past decade – but costs of other services have increased much faster.
  
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• 'Accountant of Auschwitz': I am morally complicit in the murder of Jews

  21-04-2015 13:28
  
  Oskar Gröning, charged with complicity in the murder of 300,000 Holocaust victims, expresses remorse during trial in GermanyA former SS guard expressed remorse for the role he played in the Holocaust when he went on trial charged with complicity in the murder of 300,000 Jews.In a lengthy speech, Oskar Gröning, 93, referred to as the “accountant of Auschwitz”, recounted the two years he had spent at the extermination camp after volunteering for the SS, the Nazi party’s protection squa
  
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• 'Accountant of Auschwitz': I am morally complicit in murder of millions of Jews

  21-04-2015 13:28
  
  Oskar Gröning, charged with complicity in the murder of 300,000 Holocaust victims, expresses remorse during trial in GermanyA former SS guard expressed remorse for the role he played in the Holocaust when he went on trial on Tuesday morning charged with complicity in the murder of 300,000 Jews.In a lengthy speech, Oskar Gröning, 93, referred to as the “accountant of Auschwitz”, recounted the two years he had spent at the extermination camp after volunteering for the SS, the Nazi party�
  
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• SRA says ‘sorry’ over ABS application delays

  21-04-2015 12:56 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Regulator vows to deal with alternative business structure licence applications within three months.
  
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• Unfortunately for outraged journalists, the high court was right to rein in Icac | Andrew Tiedt

  21-04-2015 08:25
  
  Journalists love Icac, because it has powers they would kill for. For the rest of us, the result of the Margaret Cunneen case should be good newsJournalists love Icac. I mean, they just love Icac. Why? Because in a world where investigative journalism costs more and earns less than ever before, Icac does the hard work journalists no longer have the resources for.And Icac has powers that journalists would kill for: it can issue search warrants, tap phones and summon people to secret hearings. In
  
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• Never mind the accident, what about the nuisance calls?

  21-04-2015 08:00
  
  After even the most minor incident, insurance companies may sell your details. Then the phone starts ringing …I recently had a minor car accident – a delivery driver pulled out of a side road. My car was a bit of a mess, but I was unharmed. His insurer has accepted liability and the claim is proceeding fine. However, every day I receive calls at home from aggressive salespeople trying to persuade me to bring a personal injury claim. I have repeatedly said I wasn’t injured, but they don’t
  
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• International bar leader attacks trade treaty critics

  21-04-2015 01:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Erroneous information 'subverting debate' says International Bar Association. 
  
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• Law & Order: UK - TVShowsOnDVD.com

  21-04-2015 00:39
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  An all-star cast leads this gripping drama seen on BBC America. This set includes Series 5 and 6 of the acclaimed program, which follows the course of justice as it unfolds from crime to courtroom. Set in London, Law & Order UK has captivated fans for ...
  
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