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• The Guardian view on the Harvey Proctor accusations: due process must be observed | Editorial

  26-08-2015 20:58
  When famous people are faced with serious criminal allegations which they deny, they are entitled to fair treatment by the police, the media and MPsThere is probably no political issue on which the Guardian ever agreed with Harvey Proctor. In the 1980s, the former Conservative MP was one of the most rightwing men ever to represent his party. Though he was forced out of politics after involvement with young male prostitutes that would not be illegal today, he was no loss to the House of Commons w
  
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• Sir Bob Hepple obituary

  26-08-2015 19:09
  Legal adviser to Nelson Mandela forced to flee apartheid South Africa for Britain in 1963Sir Bob Hepple, freedom fighter and academic, who has died aged 81, fled from apartheid South Africa in 1963 to escape prison after working as Nelson Mandela’s lawyer and made his home in Britain. In the UK he forged an outstanding career in academic life and as a leading advocate for equality.Bob was born in Johannesburg to radical parents, Josephine (nee Zwarenstein) and Alex Hepple, and was educated
  
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• Guinea's ex-junta leader blocked from returning, lawyer says - Yahoo News UK

  26-08-2015 16:29
  Guinea's ex-junta leader blocked from returning, lawyer says
  Yahoo News UK
  OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Guinea's ex-junta leader was blocked from returning to the country, his lawyer said Wednesday. Moussa "Dadis" Camara's plane was diverted to Ghana, lawyer Jean Baptiste Haba said. Camara was to make a ...en meer »
  

• Banning child labour imposes naive western ideals on complex problems

  26-08-2015 15:39
  Businesses in developing countries should be encouraged to provide safe conditions for child workers to provide a family incomeIn an ideal world there would be no child labour, but instead opportunities for children to play, learn, relax and otherwise enjoy life.
  This ideal is reflected in the corporate social responsibility policies of numerous companies (such as Marks & Spencer, Philips, and Unilever), and of those selling branded consumer goods. They have committed to eradicate any form o
  
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• CPS hits out at Sun on Sunday over 'misleading' article

  26-08-2015 14:35
  Story titled ‘Witless for the prosecution’ claimed the CPS is in ‘meltdown’, ‘wastes millions of pounds’ and is run by a DPP earning £600,000 a year
  The Crown Prosecution Service has hit out at the Sun on Sunday over what it branded as a “misleading” story.On Sunday, the News UK tabloid published an article titled “Witless for the prosecution”. Continue reading...
  
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• Union fails with employment tribunal fee challenge

  26-08-2015 13:51 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Court of Appeal says evidence was not presented to prove fees prevented meritorious cases being brought.
  
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• ‘Urgent review’ of appropriate adults needed

  26-08-2015 13:19 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Government-commissioned report says inadequate provision risks creating miscarriages of justice.
  
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• I am unjustly imprisoned in the UAE – why won’t the UK government help me? | Ahmad Zeidan

  26-08-2015 12:54
  In 2013, after being tortured, I signed a “confession” to a crime I did not commit. All my non-British co-defendants have now been freed but I remain in jail. Why?Ahmad Zeidan, a British citizen, was 20 years old when he was arrested in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates in December 2013, along with six other young men. Zeidan was charged with drug offences and faced a death sentence, based on a “confession” extracted from him after eight days of torture. The authorities alleg
  
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• It’s time we gave our most vulnerable people proper protection in custody | Chris Bath

  26-08-2015 11:53
  The Appropriate Adult scheme was meant to protect mentally vulnerable detainees. But many are being interviewed by police without any supportPeople with learning disabilities, mental illnesses and autism are being detained and questioned by police without appropriate support, even though this is against the law.Under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, which provides the rule book for policing today, police are required to secure an “appropriate adult” for any person whom they
  
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• Solicitor ‘groomed’ by fraudsters is struck off

  26-08-2015 11:36 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Pascale Wood-Atkins helped to facilitate fraudulent activities of investment fund client, SDT hears.
  
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• Society: lobby your MP over court closures

  26-08-2015 11:25 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Law Society produces campaign pack as government consults on shutting one-fifth of the courts estate.
  
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• Human rights groups face global crackdown 'not seen in a generation'

  26-08-2015 10:44
  Laws affecting funding, requiring registration and prohibiting protest are among controls that are making it difficult for NGOs and other campaign groupsHuman rights organisations and campaign groups are facing their biggest crackdown in a generation as a wave of countries pass restrictive laws and curtail activity. Almost half the world’s states have implemented controls that affect tens of thousands of organisations across the globe.
  Over the past three years, more than 60 countries have
  
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• NSW taskforce to consider chemical castration of child sex offenders

  26-08-2015 03:55
  Group will look at whether courts should be given the power to order anti-libidinal treatment for convicted paedophilesChemically castrating child sex offenders is one of the options to be considered by a new taskforce examining ways to improve child protection in New South Wales.The wide-ranging body, which includes the child abuse victims’ group Bravehearts and representatives from agencies including corrective services, will consider if courts should be empowered to order anti-libidinal
  
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