International Law

Online paedophiles exposed in Denmark

Posted on June 02, 2008
Online paedophiles exposed in DenmarkA paedophile scandal has hit Denmark after a reporter posed online as a 13 year-old girl and was bombarded with offers from men.Among the men who allegedly contacted journalist Line Rögind were a 53 year-old police chief, a 43 year-old navy officer and a 72 year-old pensioner.

Ministers confident of winning 42-day vote

Posted on June 02, 2008
Ministers confident of winning 42-day voteMinisters are confident of getting parliamentary approval to extend the detention of terrorist suspects after signalling that they are prepared to make more concessions to MPs.Gordon Brown wants to extend to 42 days the time police can hold suspects without charging them...

Prison crowding delays domestic violence plan

Posted on June 02, 2008
Prison crowding delays domestic violence planNew measures to protect victims of domestic violence have been put on hold because prisons are so overcrowded, it was claimed last night.The Government had planned to introduce new restraining orders for violent partners last July, yet they have still not been issued and no explanation had been given for the delay...

Growing blogs: Blog of the Day

Posted on June 02, 2008
Growing blogs: Blog of the DayJustice For MadeleineObviously, I am a tad disappointed not to be Tops of the Blogs. Still a number 2 spot, makes it all worthwhile.On a sadder note, it appears that Mousie has been outed and may have to pull or modify her blog.

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3 of Tapas 9 in secret talks with PJ

Posted on June 02, 2008
3 of Tapas 9 in secret talks with PJNews just in from Portugal. Three of the Tapas 9 were spirited to Portugal by the PJ for questioning in relation to possible prosecution against the other 6.

McCanns: Job Vacancy?

Posted on June 02, 2008
McCanns: Job Vacancy?I want to apologise first if there is no truth to the rumour that Clarence Mitchell and the McCanns are soon to part company.

Prison suicide inquiry could cast doubt on Lin Russell murder verdict

Posted on June 01, 2008
Prison suicide inquiry could cast doubt on Lin Russell murder verdict"Police informant found hanged in his cell in 2002 had told solicitor he wanted to retract false statements he had made in a series of court cases".I have serious reservations about the authorities using this kind of intelligence.

The Three Argidos and Justice for Madeleine

Posted on June 01, 2008
The Three Argidos and Justice for Madeleine I was disappointed to learn from Ironside that The Three Argidos forum has disappeared. All I know is that there was a dispute between two of the moderators over whether a poster should or should not be banned...

MPs use expenses to avoid petrol pinch

Posted on June 01, 2008
MPs use expenses to avoid petrol pinch"Members of parliament are demanding extra allowances to pay for record petrol prices and rising road taxes, while voters struggle to meet the rising costs of motoring".One law for them and another law for the rest of us!"MPs receive 40p per mile for the first 10,000 miles by car and 25p per mile thereafter...

Care home takes fees from dead woman

Posted on June 01, 2008
Care home takes fees from dead woman"A care home took thousands of pounds from a grandmother's savings to pay for her future care ? even though she was already dead.Nearly £2,300 was taken from 88-year-old Edna Weyman's bank account days after she died, as an advance for the following month's care"...

Stat Porn for June

Posted on June 01, 2008
Stat Porn for JuneI think the Justice4Madeleine forum has taken off.

Ok so you have a row but why take it out of the kids?

Posted on May 31, 2008
Ok so you have a row but why take it out of the kids?

Inside or outside you decide

Posted on May 31, 2008
Inside or outside you decidePrison is not the answer.Prison is the answer.Hat-Tip to conservativehome

If Ian Huntley wishes to commit suicide I would give him a razor blade

Posted on May 31, 2008
If Ian Huntley wishes to commit suicide I would give him a razor bladeHaving said that, the prison authorities owe him a duty of care to try and prevent self harm."Ian Huntley, the killer of schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, is receiving special treatment to stop him attempting suicide, it has been claimed"...

Detective jailed over child porn

Posted on May 30, 2008
Detective jailed over child porn"A Metropolitan Police officer has been jailed for two-and-a-half years for photographing and distributing indecent images of children.David Geering, 48, was caught after contacting an undercover police officer from the Met's Paedophile Unit who was posing online as a 12-year-old girl...

Terror concessions being planned

Posted on May 30, 2008
Terror concessions being planned"The government is preparing to offer Labour MPs a major concession to avoid losing a vote on terror detentions, the BBC has learned.Ministers want to extend the limit suspects can be held without charge to 42 days, which many Labour MPs oppose...

Ministers plan help for fuel poor

Posted on May 30, 2008
Ministers plan help for fuel poor"Plans to help elderly and vulnerable people pay their fuel bills are due to be announced by the government"."An estimated 2.3 million households are in fuel poverty - defined when more than 10% of household income is spent on fuel bills"...

The last Briton in Guantanamo faces death penalty

Posted on May 30, 2008
The last Briton in Guantanamo faces death penaltyAfter being held prisoner by the US for six years, inmate to be charged with terrorism offences despite protesting his innocence"A British resident who is facing the death penalty in Guantanamo Bay has made a final desperate plea to Gordon Brown to end his six-year ordeal and bring him home today...

Madeleine McCann's parents being investigated for negligence

Posted on May 29, 2008
Madeleine McCann's parents being investigated for negligence"Portuguese police are investigating the possibility that the parents of Madeleine McCann were negligent when they left their daughter alone in their unlocked holiday apartment on the night she went missing"...

Has Clarence Mitchell spun out of control?

Posted on May 29, 2008
Has Clarence Mitchell spun out of control?Following the judgment, released by the Evora Supreme Court of Justice in Portimao, the Daily Mirror asked the McCanns' spokesman Clarence Mitchell for a comment and he said: "They are not officially suspected of any crime...

Warnings of rioting as prison population surges

Posted on May 28, 2008
Warnings of rioting as prison population surgesThe prison population is on course to hit 100,000 in four years? time, after hitting a new record of 83,000 for the first time."The Prison Officers? Association warned that suspected criminals might be going free because there are not enough cells to house them while prisons watchdog Anne Owers also said that conditions in jails were the worst she had known in eight years, with evidence of low level unrest in some prisons"...

HMS Superb nuclear submarine damaged in Red Sea crash

Posted on May 28, 2008
HMS Superb nuclear submarine damaged in Red Sea crash"A British nuclear-powered submarine was damaged when it collided with rocks in the Red Sea, the Ministry of Defence has said".

Tapas 9 deliberately hamper police investigation

Posted on May 28, 2008
Tapas 9 deliberately hamper police investigationThe Daily Telegraph is reporting: Madeleine McCann reconstruction 'called off by Portuguese Police'. The Daily Telegraph is quoting Sky News as its source of the story. However, blogs and forums were running with the story first and Sky News jumped on the bandwagon when it was already rolling...

McCanns friends obstruct justice and the MSM sleeps

Posted on May 28, 2008
McCanns friends obstruct justice and the MSM sleepsJoana Morais is blogging a report from the Portuguese newspaper 24 Hours. It is being claimed, that those friends of the McCanns who have refused to take part in a police reconstruction would have been arrested if they had been in Portugal or Portuguese...

Jail early release plans outlined

Posted on May 28, 2008
Jail early release plans outlined"The government has given details its plans to release about 550 inmates in an effort to ease overcrowding.The non-violent and non-sexual offenders will be automatically freed after half their sentences, instead of waiting until the two-thirds point".

Lawyers cause innocent man to suffer 26 years imprisonment

Posted on May 27, 2008
Lawyers cause innocent man to suffer 26 years imprisonmentBall & Chain has an interesting story about 2 lawyers who knew that an innocent man was being kept in prison for 26 years for a murder he did not commit. Perhaps, these 2 lawyers should be given a taste of prison for causing unnecessary suffering?

McCanns are still managing to evade justice

Posted on May 27, 2008
McCanns are still managing to evade justiceMan accused of baby son's murderGirl, 3, dies in mini-moto crash"A man has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving".And in other news, the McCanns are still managing to evade justice...

Prison health 'needs cash boost'

Posted on May 27, 2008
Prison health 'needs cash boost'"Mental health services in prisons are not getting the investment they need to provide adequate care, experts say.Researchers found £300 a year is spent per prisoner on mental health care - a third what is spent on people with severe problems in the community"...

European Court rejects HIV asylum seeker's case

Posted on May 27, 2008
European Court rejects HIV asylum seeker's case"An HIV-positive Ugandan woman's claim to stay in the UK has been rejected by the European Court of Human Rights.Her lawyers argued that a lack of medical care in Uganda would lead to her early death, and this would amount to cruel and degrading treatment...

Special Met unit to root out corrupt prison officers

Posted on May 27, 2008
Special Met unit to root out corrupt prison officers"Senior Metropolitan Police sources estimate that one in 10 prison officers ? about 1,000 in total ? are corrupt.The "ghost squad" will target these "rogue" officers in an attempt to stem the "apparently limitless" supply of drugs and mobile phones within prisons...

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