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17 November 2012

IADL condemns Israeli aggression against Gaza

The International Association of Democratic Lawyers, (IADL) condemns in the strongest possible terms the current aggression by Israel against the people of the Gaza Strip. This attack is not self-defense against rockets from Gaza... Click title to read more

15 November 2012

Scottish Government statement on Gaza

Statement from Humza Yousaf MSP, Scottish Government Minister for External Affairs, on the crisis in Gaza... Click title to read more

27 October 2012

British men in incommunicado detention in the US

Babar Ahmad and Talha Ahsan have been in US custody for over 3 weeks, but their families have so far received neither phone calls nor letters from them. Please contact your MP to raise your concerns over this.... Click title to read more

06 October 2012

Ahmad and Ahsan in court in the US

Babar Ahmad, Talha Ahsan, Abu Hamza, Adel Abdul Bary and Khaled al-Fawwaz were rushed out of the country in a panic, lest a fresh legal challenge could be mounted.... Click title to read more

05 October 2012

Justice has been undone today - MCB

"Justice has been undone today" - Statement from the Muslim Council of Britain... Click title to read more

03 October 2012

Extradition - High Court hearing continues

Juan Mendez, UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, last night wrote to the Government warning that the extradition on Babar Ahmad and others would breach the UN Convention Against Torture. The High Court hearing on the extradition will continue tomorrow morning.... Click title to read more

25 September 2012

Barbara Dowling's census trial adjourned

Barbara Dowling's trial for alleged non-compliance with the census has been adjourned until 19 February 2013.... Click title to read more

04 July 2012

Policing of 'Refugees Are Welcome Here' demo

Letter from John Porter to Strathclyde Police, complaining of their mishandling of the 'Refugees Are Welcome Here' rally on 16 June... Click title to read more

17 June 2012

No extradition, says Noam Chomsky

Noam Chomsky says no one should be extradited to the US on charges related to alleged terrorism... Click title to read more

16 June 2012

Great demo, marred by cops protecting the fascists

A fantastic demo in support of refugees was ended prematurely by a bizarre decision of the police to protect a small bunch of racist thugs.... Click title to read more

15 June 2012

Refugees facing eviction in Glasgow

Some 83 refugees in Glasgow have been told they will be evicted from their accommodation between now and the end of August by their housing provider,... Click title to read more

14 May 2012

Row over census firm's Abu Ghraib connection

A HUMAN rights group is calling for a public inquiry into the decision to award the census contract to a firm whose parent company is linked with a notorious Iraqi prison.... Click title to read more

14 April 2012

Use a Dot Com web address? Then you're at risk

Do you have a website or blog with a .com, .net or .org address? Do you have some responsibility in your workplace for a website that does? Is your website, whatever its address, hosted by provider based in the US? ... Click title to read more

11 April 2012

Terror suspects to be handed to US ‘as soon as possible’

6 terrorist suspects will be "handed over to the US authorities as quickly as possible"... Click title to read more

10 April 2012

Extradition ruling - Statement from Birnberg Peirce

It will come as a considerable surprise to the inmates of ADX Florence that the their grim isolation could be considered only "relative" and its continuance as justiciable.... Click title to read more


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