International Law

Torturing the truth and David Miliband's apology too little too late

Posted on January 15, 2009
Torturing the truth and David Miliband's apology too little too lateFor years the Bush administration said it was not true, that those who claimed that torture was taking place at Guantánamo Bay, were in fact suckers for al-Qaida propaganda.Were not the terrorists trained at camps in Afghanistan to claim ill treatment once captured? And could you really believe what a load of Muslims and human rights lawyers were saying, over officials from the US government and military? Men in uniforms and men standing on White House and Pentagon podiums, time after time said categorically that the US does not use torture...

Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison: making of a masterpiece

Posted on January 15, 2009
Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison: making of a masterpieceThe album 'Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison' has sold three million copies and counting, but its recording in 1968 happened against the odds. During his 71 years, Johnny Cash made many comebacks. The biggest, however, was undoubtedly the 1968 live album 'Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison...

The Prisoner creator Patrick McGoohan dies

Posted on January 15, 2009
The Prisoner creator Patrick McGoohan diesOne of the leading stars of British television of the 1950s and 1960s, he is best known for played The Prisoner's title character Number Six in the surreal 1960s show filmed in Portmeirion in Wales.

Hull City Councillor involved in soft porn scandal?

Posted on January 14, 2009
Hull City Councillor involved in soft porn scandal?Labour councillor Sean ChaytorHas a Labour councillor from Hull City Council been hiding from his electorate that he's has a sideline business in topless glamour photography and carries it out using an assumed identity online?

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What a norom...

Posted on January 14, 2009
What a norom...MP brands dyslexia as a 'fiction'A Labour MP has claimed dyslexia is a myth invented by education chiefs to cover up poor teaching methods.Graham Stringer writes: "Anybody who has any doubt about the impact of illiteracy on society should go to prison...

Labour paid sex offender for work

Posted on January 14, 2009
Labour paid sex offender for workThe Labour Party paid a sex offender convicted in the United States more than £2,500 to help it with its 2005 election campaign, the BBC has learned.Activist Tim Russo, 41, was a visits co-ordinator in the East Midlands but did not have a UK work visa...

Pity it wasn't a rope around his neck...

Posted on January 14, 2009
Pity it wasn't a rope around his neck...

Israel may face UN court ruling on legality of Gaza conflict

Posted on January 14, 2009
Israel may face UN court ruling on legality of Gaza conflictIsrael faces the prospect of intervention by international courts amid growing calls that its actions in Gaza are a violation of world humanitarian and criminal law.The UN general assembly, which is meeting this week to discuss the issue, will consider requesting an advisory opinion from the international court of justice, the Guardian has learned...

Gerry McCann returns to the scene of the crime

Posted on January 14, 2009
Gerry McCann returns to the scene of the crime"Mr McCann, 40, from Rothley, Leicestershire, flew into Faro Airport in the Algarve and was met by British officials".The McCann family spokesman, Clarence Mitchell, said "I can confirm that Gerry McCann returned to Portugal for a brief visit to meet his lawyers to see what more can be done to help find his daughter"...

Is Hull City Council to privatise the sports and leisure?

Posted on January 14, 2009
Is Hull City Council to privatise the sports and leisure?A little birdie whispered into my ear today that if I wanted a real story I should check out the LibDem controlled council's secret plans to privatise all the sport and leisure facilities. Apparently, this goes against election promises...

Hull declares civil war on uncrowned King Gordon Brown

Posted on January 14, 2009
Hull declares civil war on uncrowned King Gordon BrownDuring the English Civil War, Hull became strategically important because of the large arsenal located there. Very early in the war, on 11 January 1642, the king named the Earl of Newcastle as governor of Hull while Parliament nominated Sir John Hotham and asked his son, Capt...

Paedophile judge gives paedophile primary school head teacher a lenient sentence

Posted on January 13, 2009
Paedophile judge gives paedophile primary school head teacher a lenient sentenceI would have said that a head teacher at a primary school who was convicted of having 457 indecent images of children on his computer, is a worse case than actor Chris Lanham...

Autism: equality's last frontier

Posted on January 13, 2009
Autism: equality's last frontierFor Gary McKinnon, Asperger's has had a profound effect on his ability to fit in to society. When will we accept this disability?Rather than let him rot in jail or send him to the USA, why not use this example from New Zealand to resolve the issue?

New admission over legal advice on Iraq invasion

Posted on January 13, 2009
New admission over legal advice on Iraq invasionGovernment fails to provide proof that the former attorney general was not pressured to change his initial opinion that 2003 invasion could be illegalLet's face it, Bush said "sit" and Blair sat like an obedient poodle.

Blaze of criminality

Posted on January 13, 2009
Blaze of criminalityA bemused offender sees the funny side of the new much-maligned fluorescent jacket to be worn by people on community service

Spring chicken looking for old cock

Posted on January 13, 2009
Spring chicken looking for old cockA 107-year-old Chinese woman who was afraid to marry when she was young has decided to look for her first husband.I'm afraid she has left it a bit late if she suddenly decides to look for a second and third husband in the style of Elizabeth Taylor...

Zac Goldsmith donates £20k in attempt to block Heathrow 3rd runway

Posted on January 13, 2009
Zac Goldsmith donates £20k in attempt to block Heathrow 3rd runwayCampaigners opposed to a third runway at Heathrow have bought a parcel of the land earmarked for the airport?s expansion and are preparing for a fierce legal battle to defend it.Related content...

Voice from the grave: Sri Lankan journalist's final editorial

Posted on January 13, 2009
Voice from the grave: Sri Lankan journalist's final editorial'I hope my murder will be seen not as a defeat of freedom but an inspiration'This extraordinary article by the editor of the Sri Lankan Sunday Leader was published three days after he was shot dead in Colombo

Baa baa black sheep have you got an ASBO?

Posted on January 13, 2009
Baa baa black sheep have you got an ASBO?Shepherd allowed sheep to intimidate neighbours A shepherd who allowed his wayward sheep to intimidate his neighbours has admitted breaching an Asbo which banned the flock from the village.I was brought up in the country for much of my early childhood and liked the quaint old ways of living...

Drunk as a judge

Posted on January 13, 2009
Drunk as a judgeDrunk judge suspended for kissing lawyer and swearing in courtA drunk judge had to be escorted from court after kissing a solicitor, swearing at an usher and insulting a prosecutor while "fortified" with brandy, a disciplinary tribunal has heard...

Toy craft flown into jail grounds

Posted on January 12, 2009
Toy craft flown into jail groundsA remote control helicopter may have been used to smuggle items into a prison, it has been revealed.Guards using CCTV cameras at HMP Elmley in Sheerness, Kent, spotted the craft carrying a package towards an accommodation block on 23 December...

Will Guantánamo Bay ever close?

Posted on January 12, 2009
Will Guantánamo Bay ever close?Seven years on, and without being charged and with no real sign of closure, many of the prison's inmates are on hunger strike

Dirty Harry...

Posted on January 12, 2009
Dirty Harry...

Prisoner flees after armed van hold-up

Posted on January 12, 2009
Prisoner flees after armed van hold-upA prisoner escaped from custody today after an armed man held up a prison van, Scotland Yard said.The van was stopped near Bedfont Lake, Feltham, west London, at around 7.45am this morning and the driver assaulted...

If we screen out autism we run the risk of losing genius

Posted on January 12, 2009
If we screen out autism we run the risk of losing geniusSo if we found a test for autism, and gave parents the opportunity of aborting the foetus, we might eliminate not just an unwanted and difficult child but a potential genius.Related content...New research brings autism screening closer to realityCall for ethics debate as tests in womb could allow termination of pregnanciesRelated content...

Beautiful scenery shame the figures don't add up

Posted on January 12, 2009
Beautiful scenery shame the figures don't add upRecession hit unemployed offered £1k an hour 'Australian desert island caretaker' job"It equates to £972 per hour based on a 'flexi-time' schedule of a 12-hour working month".A 3 hour working week? Nice work if you can get it...

LabourList launch sunk by Schillings

Posted on January 12, 2009
LabourList launch sunk by Schillings"Legal policyWe remove comments in line with our moderation and comments policy but anyone who wants to report anything they deem to be offensive or a potential libel or copyright infringement should contact us immediately and the relevant comment or post will be reviewed for removal...

Catholic Orangemen of Togo

Posted on January 12, 2009
Catholic Orangemen of TogoCatholic Orangemen of Togo Publish at Scribd or explore others: African Politics schillings tim spicer

The Met shows its support for Hamas

Posted on January 11, 2009
The Met shows its support for HamasIt tickled my sense of humour...Photo: Hat-Tip to Obsolete

Animal pictures of the week: a special cold weather edition

Posted on January 11, 2009
Animal pictures of the week: a special cold weather editionBerlin zoo's world famous polar bear, Knut, seemed delighted by the cold snap, rolling in the snow...Picture: AFP/GETTY...sticking his tongue out to catch snowflakes... Picture: AFP/GETTY...and just generally having a ball, Picture: AFP/GETTYGermany's other celebrity polar bear, Flocke, frolicked with a male companion in the snow in Nuremberg, Picture: APElsewhere in Germany, this tiger seemed to enjoy rolling in the snow at the zoo in Halle...

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