Mon 7/5/2012
Freedom of Expression: Judiciary
In Calver, R (on the app of) v The Adjudication Panel for Wales, the decision to censure a Welsh councillor for comments on his blog was a disproportionate interference with his right to freedom of expression, the High Court has ruled.
Judgment | UKHRB
Wed 9/5/2012
Deportation: Judiciary
In Othman (Abu Qatada) v the UK, radical cleric Abu Qatada has lost his attempt to make a final appeal to the European Court of Human Rights against his deportation from the UK.
Press release | BBC | Guardian | UKHRB
Deportation: Media
Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper welcomed the news that Abu Qatada lost his attempt to make an appeal but says Home Secretary Theresa May should apologise because she had got the date of the appeal deadline wrong.
BBC
Military Conduct: Media
British military detention operations in Afghanistan are coming under increasing scrutiny in the UK courts, as the number of prisoners continues to grow and concern mounts that men handed over to the Kabul government are facing severe treatment.
Guardian
Thurs 10/5/2012
Deportation: House of Commons
The panel of the Grand Chamber of the ECtHR has rejected Abu Qatada’s request for a referral. The decision means the rule 39 injunction preventing his deportation has now been lifted and the action against him – through the UK courts – can now resume.
Theresa May, Home Secretary, Conservative
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Deportation: House of Lords
The panel of the Grand Chamber of the ECtHR has rejected Abu Qatada’s request for a referral. The decision means the rule 39 injunction preventing his deportation has now been lifted and the action against him – through the UK courts – can now resume.
Lord Henley, Min of St for Crime Prevention and Anti-Social Behaviour, Conservative
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Right to Vote: Media
A 90-year-old’s campaign to overturn a ban on long-term British expats voting in UK elections has moved a step closer and could go all the way to the United Nations.
BBC
