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Equatorial Guinea president pardons convicted coup leader
November 4, 2009
[JURIST] Former British officer Simon Mann [BBC profile, JURIST news archive], convicted [JURIST report] last year of involvement in a 2004 coup attempt [BBC backgrounder] in Equatorial Guinea, was released from prison Tuesday after being pardoned [Decree 116/2009 text; Decree 117/2009 text] by Equa....... [more]

Italy court upholds former Berlusconi lawyer bribery conviction
October 28, 2009
[JURIST] An Italian appeals court on Tuesday upheld the bribery conviction of David Mills [JURIST news archive], a British barrister and former lawyer to Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi [official profile, in Italian; BBC profile]. Mills was sentenced [JURIST report] in February to a four-an....... [more]

UK High Court orders disclosure of redacted torture allegations
October 17, 2009
[JURIST] A British High Court ruled [judgment, PDF] Friday that previously redacted text regarding the alleged torture of former Guantanamo detainee Binyam Mohamed [JURIST news archive] should be publicly disclosed. The text in question relates to Mohamed's allegations that, while being held in Paki....... [more]

Israel cabinet minister cancels UK trip over fears of war crimes arrest
October 6, 2009
[JURIST] An Israeli cabinet minister canceled a trip to the UK out of concern that he would be arrested for war crimes allegedly committed during his tenure as the Israeli military's chief of staff, a foreign affairs spokesperson said Monday. Vice Prime Minister Moshe Yaalon [official profile] decid....... [more]

UK Supreme Court hears inaugural case
October 6, 2009
[JURIST] The UK Supreme Court [official website] held its first session [press release, PDF] Monday, hearing an appeal by a group of four terrorism suspects whose assets were frozen by the government. The new Supreme Court, created by the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 [text], replaces the judicial....... [more]

UK High Court criticizes Ministry of Defense probe of war crimes allegations
October 4, 2009
[JURIST] A three-judge panel of the UK High Court [official website] strongly criticized [Guardian report] the Ministry of Defence (MOD) [official website] Friday for its failure to properly setup an independent inquiry into claims that war crimes had been committed by British soldiers following a M....... [more]

UK chancellor urges banks to curtail bonuses in light of G-20 agreement
September 28, 2009
[JURIST] UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling [official profile] on Monday urged banks to cut back on bonuses immediately instead of waiting for legislation following an agreement reached at last week's G-20 summit. In a speech to the Labour Party [party website] conference, Darling said....... [more]

UK High Court upholds mandatory retirement law pending government review
September 25, 2009
[JURIST] The UK High Court on Friday upheld [judgment text] a law that permits mandatory retirement policies for workers who reach the age of 65, but said that there is a "compelling" case for raising the age above 65. The challenge to the default retirement age (DRA) was originally brought by Age C....... [more]

UK government frees second terrorism suspect from control order
September 24, 2009
[JURIST] The UK Home Office [official website] has released a top terrorism suspect from a control order [Guardian backgrounder; JURIST news archive] that subjected him to virtual house arrest because it did not want to reveal secret evidence, according to media reports Thursday. Home Secretary Alan....... [more]

UK chief prosecutor publishes interim policy on assisted suicide
September 24, 2009
[JURIST] UK Director of Public Prosecutions Keir Starmer [official profile] published an interim policy on assisted suicide [press release] Wednesday that takes several factors into consideration in deciding whether to prosecute such cases. While the new policy does not legalize assisted suicide, it....... [more]



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