Photo: EPA One afternoon in May, Al Jazeera accompanied police sergeant Joseph Paul on patrol in San Jose, California, a city of just under a million people. As Paul wheeled his cruiser down the highways and streets of his city, he said his daily routine is full of potential dangers. “On patrol you have absolutely no [...]
Suing the Government: Does NDAA Threaten You? John Glaser, April 05, 2012 Print This | Share This | Comment Via Lawfare, prominent American activists have filed suit arguing that the language in NDAA can be used to detain them for engaging in their ”daily professional work.” They include: Christopher Hedges, Daniel Ellsberg, Jennifer Bolen, Noam Chomsky, Alexa O’Brien, [...]
There was something tawdry and disgusting about the phone hacking by Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World. The News Corporation owned tabloid hacked the phone mails of several thousand citizens of Great Britain. Victims included celebrities, politicians, and even a murdered eleven year old kidnap victim. But that wasn’t enough to generate type [...]
It will not take long for crude interventions and arrests by police become a daily occurrence in all the so called major democracies. As soon as a small group in a democracy are given privileges and the right to use these privileges against their fellow citizens abuse follows. The first reason for this is that the elite are [...]
Sun Yunliang Law amendment centers on human rights protection By Sun Yunliang 0 Comment(s)Print E-mailChina.org.cn, March 13, 2012 Adjust font size: Draft amendment to the Criminal Procedure Law of China was a high priority during the fifth session of the 11th National People’s Congress (NPC). Legislators produced draft revisions of over 100 articles, including 66 [...]
Monsanto Found Guilty of Chemical Poisoning in France The monumental case paves the way for legal action against Monsanto’s Roundup and other harmful herbicides and pesticides made by other manufacturers. February 23, 2012 | Advertisement In a major victory for public health and what will hopefully lead to other nations taking action, a French [...]
Bob Lambert (far left), with his child. The undercover police officer had a relationship with a woman who is now taking action against the police This article shows the incredible depths the capitalist democracies will sink to in order to contain and combat what they feel is a threat to the capitalist structure that require [...]
Actor Jude Law was among the phone hacking victims who received a settlement from News International. Photograph: Dave M. Benett/Getty News International has agreed to pay out to 37 victims of News of the World phone hacking, including Jude Law, Lord Prescott and Ashley Cole, in a series of settlements likely to land the publisher with a bill of [...]
Pablo Fajardo, the lead Ecuadorian lawyer, said: ‘Chevron does not want to ever recognise that indigenous or poor people have the right to access justice’. Photograph: Jose Jacome/EPA Lawyers representing Ecuadorian plaintiffs in their long-running suit against Chevron over the dumping of toxic waste in the Amazon river basin have accused the oil giant of racism. The allegation [...]
An Afghan girl who was tortured for months after refusing prostitution lies on a hospital bed in Kabul Dec. 31. (Reuters/Omar Sobhani) By Hamid Shalizi KABUL (Reuters) — A 15-year-old Afghan girl was brutally tortured, beaten and locked in a toilet by her husband’s family for months after she refused to become a prostitute, officials [...]
Undercover police officer Mark Kennedy is said in the legal papers to have had relationships with three of the women. Photograph: Guardian Former lovers of undercover officers sue police over deceit Women launch legal action claiming they suffered emotional trauma after being deceived into forming relationships Eight women who say they were duped into forming [...]
Melbourne ‘Fuckwalk’, June 25. Photo: Melbourneprotests.wordpress.com 1000 people ‘Fuckwalk’ to defy anti-swearing laws Thursday, July 7, 2011 By Alexander Mags, Melbourne In opposition to the Baillieu government’s proposed fine for “offensive language or behaviour”, about 1000 people marched on June 25 at the aptly named “Fuckwalk”. The rally was the second event held in response to new [...]
An eviction notice hangs on a tent outside St Paul’s Cathedral. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Occupy London: eviction notices attached to tents outside St Paul’s Notices from City of London Corporation tell activists to move by 6pm on Thursday or face legal action Note the use of the law of the rulers to stop [...]
It was always going to be a difficult appeal to win but unfortunately Assange has lost. There are still some avenues open in the UK. The loss shows the real nature of the law becoming the law of the law of the rulers and a provider of a safe haven for the [...]
The grim reality of life under Alabama‘s brutal immigration law Alabama immigration law: anyone failing to carry immigraton papers is now deemed to be committing a criminal act. Photograph: Gary Tramontina/Polaris Fear of detention, families torn apart – Hispanics in Alabama are trapped in a unique half-life under punishing new immigrant laws • Latest: police can [...]
This quote from Plato shows how there has been no change in the effect of justice for over a thousand years. The rule of law has always been the law of the rulers. George Ikners ikners.com Related articles Philosophy Word of the Day – Plato on the Soul (greatcloud.wordpress.com) Why read Plato? (oup.com) What are [...]
Mustafa Abdul Jalil (Photo: BBC) Audio: Play | Download Abdel Bari Atwan to sue leader of Libyan Opposition A Spokesperson for the London-based newspaper, Al-Quds Al-Arabi today confirmed that editor-in-chief, Abdel Bari Atwan, is to sue Mr Mustafa Abdel Jalil, Chair of the National Transitional Council of Libya, for libel and defamation. The [...]
From a Tasmanian court judgment comes this view on a planning scheme. George Ikners ikners.com REASONS FOR JUDGMENT FULL COURT BLOW J 5 September 2011………………………… 3 The planning scheme is very complex, and exceedingly and unnecessarily difficult to comprehend or interpret. Most ordinary people would not have a chance. Most sensible people, or people with [...]
Gay rights: a world of inequality Two teenagers are publicly hanged under anti-gay laws in Mashhad, Iran, in 2005. Photograph: PA Gay people still live in fear in many countries around the world – prejudice, torture and execution are common. Can two new legal and diplomatic campaigns change attitudes? reddit this Zoe Williams guardian.co.uk, Tuesday [...]
Environmental Activist Tim DeChristopher Sentenced to Prison, Tells the Court, “This Is What Hope Looks Like” “In these times of a morally bankrupt government that has sold out its principles, this is what patriotism looks like.” Read his words to the court. July 27, 2011 | LIKE THIS ARTICLE ? Join our mailing list: Sign [...]
For anyone interested in the militarisation of police forces the following article should be of interest. It is a fact of life that police forces around the world have become increasingly military in appearance and effect as opposed to what should be a citizen assisting role in maintaining the orderly conduct of citizens in society. [...]
To be fair it may have been in the process of being served, but the outright refusal to answer was interesting to listen to particularly the reasons, if that’s what they were that offered. ikners.com Philip Morris Says Australia Plain Pack Law Violates Treaty By Robert Fenner and Joe Schneider (Updates with lawyer’s comment in [...]
PAUL JAY, SENIOR EDITOR, TRNN: Welcome to The Real News Network. I’m Paul Jay. One year ago this weekend, that was June 25, 26, 27, 2010, at the Toronto G-20, more than 1,000 people were arrested. Only 300-plus were actually charged with anything. The Ontario ombudsman called it the greatest violation of civil rights in [...]
The fiscal case for legalising marijuana It’s a no-brainer: ending the ‘war on drugs‘ would create jobs, cut law enforcement costs, raise revenue – and benefit patients Levi smokes cannabis for medicinal purposes at the San Francisco Patients Co-op. Photograph: Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP Marcy Dolin, of Rohnert Park, California, smokes eight joints (marijuana cigarettes) every [...]
Justice Roderick Howie charged with Mid-range drink driving Posted: 19 Jun 2011 03:48 PM PDT Back in 2004, the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal delivered a guideline judgment relating to the sentencing of high range drink-driving offences. Who wrote the judgment with which the other members of the Court agreed? [...]
International law and the problem of enforcement by LAWRENCE DAVIDSON on JUNE 5, 2011 Spread it! 1Share| Share 2 inShare email print By Lawrence Davidson * | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz Anthropomorphizing the nation state One of the defining characteristics of modern Western culture is individuality. Most people in the West take it for granted that they have the right [...]
Colombia to compensate victims of armed conflict Historic law to financially redress up to four million victims of decades-long internal conflict including those of the state Share19 Sibylla Brodzinsky in Bogota guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 31 May 2011 14.45 BST Article history Colombia’s compensation law will apply to victims of the internal conflict. Relatives carry urns [...]
Tomgram: Engelhardt, Welcome to Post-Legal America Posted by Tom Engelhardt at 9:05pm, May 30, 2011. [Note to TomDispatch Readers: A small reminder: the popular TD offer of a signed, personalized copy of Adam Hochschild’s now-bestselling new book, To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918, in return for a $100 contribution to this website will end [...]
Subscribe to FFF Email Update Subscribe to Freedom Daily DONATE TO FFF Hornberger’s Blog Monday, May 16, 2010 Hornberger’s Blog Index Information about RSS REMINDER: The Jacob Hornberger Show every Saturday at 7-8 pm EST. Listen and watch live on the Internet: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/the-future-of-freedom-foundation America’s Post-9/11 Turn toward Dictatorship by Jacob G. Hornberger Among the most potent [...]
“To the end it may be a government of laws and not of men.” — Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, John Adams. “The common sense of mankind demands that law shall not stop with the punishment of petty crimes by little people. It must also reach men who possess themselves of great power and [...]
