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  • Julian Assange’s submission to the UN working group

    Carl Gardner
    February 4, 2016

    We awoke to the extraordinary news that Julian Assange had announced he’d leave the Ecuadorian embassy in London tomorrow and submit to arrest if the UN working group on arbitrary detention turned down his complaint to […]

    Tags: assange, bail, counter-terrorism bill, crime, extradition, human rights, international
  • Binyam Mohamed: finally, an end

    Carl Gardner
    February 24, 2010

    I’m sorry it’s taken me so long to comment on the Court of Appeal’s judgment in R(Mohamed) v Foreign Secretary. People usually claim to hate saying they told you so. I love saying it if I’m honest, but only […]

    Tags: charon qc, counter-terrorism bill, human rights, terrorism, torture
  • That Diane Abbott video

    Carl Gardner
    November 14, 2008

    Thanks to David Mery for pointing me to this video of Ms. Abbott’s award-winning speech. What a brilliant medium the web is, eh?

    Tags: counter-terrorism bill, detention, human rights, parliament, terrorism
  • Diane Abbott’s "42 days" speech

    Carl Gardner
    November 14, 2008

    While we’re on 42 days, let’s think back to when the Commons debated the issue back in June. At the time I thought Diane Abbott’s speech stood out; and I’m not alone, because it won her the Spectator’s Parliamentary […]

    Tags: counter-terrorism bill, parliament
  • Met Police Commissioner v Raissi

    Carl Gardner
    November 14, 2008

    On Wednesday in the Court of Appeal, Mohamed Raissi successfully resisted the police’s appeal against his successful action for wrongful arrest and false imprisonment, having been arrested shortly after 9/11 together with his brother, Lotfi, and his sister […]

    Tags: counter-terrorism bill, crime, detention, human rights, terrorism
  • Jacqui gives it up

    Carl Gardner
    October 15, 2008

    So finally, the government has given up on its plan to extend police powers to detain terror suspects without charge to a maximum of 42 days: the Home Secretary has said she’ll drop the clauses from the Bill when […]

    Tags: coroners, counter-terrorism bill, human rights
  • Counter-Terrorism Bill: Jacqui Smith’s letter to Trevor Phillips

    Carl Gardner
    July 8, 2008

    Last month you may remember I wrote about the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s threat to go to court claiming the Counter-Terrorism Bill is incompatible with Convention rights, and mentioned that Jacqui Smith had written to CEHR boss Trevor Phillips […]

    Tags: counter-terrorism bill, human rights
  • That Burnham-Davis-Chakrabarti affair

    Carl Gardner
    June 27, 2008

    In my blawg radio silence earlier this week I received a couple of reader requests to deal with vital topics of the day. The first, from an estimable legal lady whose handbag bulges with law reports and Heat […]

    Tags: counter-terrorism bill, libel, private life
  • Charon QC podcast

    Carl Gardner
    June 12, 2008

    I spoke to Charon QC earlier about the 42 days, the government’s grubby deals, prospects for the Counter-Terrorism Bill in the Lords, and a bit about the Irish referendum on the Lisbon Treaty, too. You can hear the podcast […]

    Tags: charon qc, counter-terrorism bill, lisbon treaty, podcasts
  • Lord Goldsmith on the Daily Politics

    Carl Gardner
    June 12, 2008

    I’m enjoying watching Lord Goldsmith, who’s Andrew Neil’s guest on the Daily Politics today. He’s a serious chap more suited to Newsnight or Today than to joshing about the way Andrew Neil does – but he’s doing his best.

    Tags: counter-terrorism bill, house of lords, lord goldsmith
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