*The House of Commons and House of Lords are now adjourned for Easter. The House of Commons will return on Mon 16 April and the House of Lords on Mon 23 April.*
Mon 9/4/2012
Prisoner Rights (Scot): Media
Scotland’s chief inspector of prisons has expressed his disappointment that the Scottish Government took his comments out of context to support their proposals to disband the country’s historic visiting committees.
Herald Scotland
Tues 10/4/2012
Extradition: Judiciary
Im Babar Ahmad and Ors v UK, the EctHR has found that five men accused of serious terrorist activities can be extradited from the UK to the US to face trial, including Abu Hamza and Babar Ahmad.
Judgment | Press release | BBC | UKHRB
Deportation: Judiciary
In Balogan v UK the EctHR rejected a case of a man facing deportation despite having lived in the UK since the age of three.
Judgment | UKHRB
Secret Justice (Justice and Security Green Paper): Media
David Cameron and Nick Clegg have been involved in pointed exchanges across eight time zones over controversial government plans to monitor emails and allow judges to sit in secret in some trials.
Guardian
Wed 11/4/2012
Rendition: Media
A Federal judge has blocked the request from a UK parliamentary committee for documents relating to British involvement in rendition.
Guardian
Sat 14/4/2012
Religious Discrimination: Media
Christians are being ‘persecuted’ and ‘driven underground’ while the courts fail to protect their religious values, former archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey has claimed.
BBC | Guardian
Right to Protest: Media
The six-month anniversary of the Occupy Nottingham camp has been marked.
BBC
