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UK Law Lords hear deportation appeal of woman fleeing Sharia law
July 21, 2008
[JURIST] A divorced Lebanese woman told the UK Law Lords [Parliament backgrounder] Monday that her human rights would be violated [Liberty press release] if she were deported to Lebanon, arguing that Lebanese Sharia law [CFR backgrounder] would put her and her son back under the control of her.... [more] 
Two more suspects plead guilty to failed UK liquid bomb plot
July 21, 2008
[JURIST] Two men involved in an alleged plot to blow up transatlantic planes [JURIST report] leaving a London airport pleaded guilty to lesser conspiracy charges Monday in London's Woolwich Crown Court [official website]. Arafat Waheed Khan and Waheed Zaman [Global Security backgrounders] pleaded.... [more]
UK Commons report casts doubt on US denial of torture techniques
July 20, 2008
[JURIST] The Human Rights Annual Report 2007 [text, PDF] released Sunday by the UK House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee [committee website] recommended that the UK not rely on any assurances made by the US that it does not use torture. The report also calls on the UK to fully investigate US.... [more]
UK completes Lisbon Treaty ratification process
July 17, 2008
[JURIST] The UK officially completed its ratification of the EU reform treaty [JURIST news archive], formally known as the Treaty of Lisbon [official website; PDF text], by filing approval documents in Rome on Thursday. The Treaty was incorporated into British law by a bill [text; explanatory.... [more]
UK legislation allowing anonymous witnesses passed by parliament
July 17, 2008
[JURIST] The UK parliament [official website] approved [debate text] legislation Wednesday that would allow the use of testimony from anonymous witnesses at criminal trials. The Criminal Evidence (Witness Anonymity) Act 2008 [text, PDF; parliament backgrounder] was introduced [JURIST report] last.... [more]
Five suspects plead guilty to failed UK liquid bomb plot
July 14, 2008
[JURIST] Five men involved in an alleged plot to blow up transatlantic planes [JURIST report] leaving a London airport pleaded guilty to lesser conspiracy charges Monday in London's Woolwich Crown Court [official website]. Abdulla Ahmed Ali, Assad Sarwar, and Tanvir Hussain [GlobalSecurity.... [more]
Russia and China veto UN sanctions on Zimbabwe
July 12, 2008
[JURIST] Russia and China vetoed a UN Security Council [official website; JURIST news archive] draft resolution [text] Friday which would have imposed sanctions on Zimbabwe [JURIST news archive]. The three other permanent members of the Security Council, the US, Britain and France, voted in favor.... [more]
Former UK shadow Home Secretary wins by-election on civil liberties platform
July 11, 2008
[JURIST] Former UK shadow Home Secretary David Davis [party profile], who resigned [statement text; JURIST report] his parliamentary position in protest over an anti-terror bill [materials; BBC Q/A] in June, won a forced by-election Friday with almost 72% of the vote. In his acceptance speech.... [more]
Iraq detainees to get £2.8m settlement from UK Defence Ministry
July 10, 2008
[JURIST] The UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) [official website] reached a settlement Thursday with nine Iraqi men who say they were tortured while detained by British troops [JURIST report] in Basra in 2003. A MOD spokesman said the military had agreed to pay £2.83 million in compensation, as well.... [more]
UK tribunal: woman harassed for refusing to perform same-sex civil unions
July 10, 2008
[JURIST] The UK Employment Tribunal [official website] Thursday found [judgment, PDF] for a central-London registrar who says she was harassed for refusing to perform same-sex civil unions on religious grounds. Lillian Ladele alleged that her colleagues at the Islington Council [official website].... [more]
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