Posts Tagged ‘ Human Rights ’
Disenchanted Lib Dem voters will be pleased to read today that, after getting thoroughly fucked on, well, everything they thought their party stood for, Cleggy has finally persuaded the Tories to do something good and righteous in the name of civil liberties. Although their pleasure is likely to evaporate once they realise that an “unmistakable [ READ MORE ]
I’m now blogging on online security and human rights here: http://securityandrights.org/ I’m working on the issue at the moment and starting a blog seemed like a novel way of keeping material organised and staying abreast of the news. I am hoping it will turn out to be better, in any case, than my usual method, [ READ MORE ]
Writing for the Guardian in December 2007, Jack Straw argued in relation to the Human Rights Act that, some on the right complain that all this has been is a “villain’s charter”. Nonsense. However uncomfortable the idea may be, it must be the case that, in a democratic society, even those who deny rights to [ READ MORE ]
A federal jury Monday found Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska guilty of corruption. Commenting on his conviction, Stevens said in a prepared statement “I am obviously disappointed in the verdict but not surprised given the repeated instances of prosecutorial misconduct in this case, I will fight this unjust verdict with every ounce of energy I [ READ MORE ]
Sarah Palin’s speech to the Republican Convention has been talked about and analysed endlessly since she gave it last week. The attacks on Obama, the focus on energy, the blah blah about her hockey mom roots, her sarcastic wit have all received plenty of coverage. One of the most disturbing lines in the speech, however, [ READ MORE ]
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