No cash from the UK to avoid Indonesian firing squad
Sandiford, R(on the application of) v Secretary of State for Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs [2013] 168 (Admin) – read judgment In this highly publicised case, the Administrative Court has come up...
View ArticleDeath penalty legal funding refusal: Appeal court confirms limits of Human...
R (on the application of Sandiford) v Secretary of State for Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs [2013] 168 (Admin) – read judgment On 22 April 2013 the Court of Appeal upheld the decision of the...
View ArticleIs complicity with the death penalty illegal? – Dr Bharat Malkani
In a previous blog post on these pages, the case of Lindsay Sandiford was examined. Sandiford – a British citizen facing the death penalty in Indonesia – had asked the UK Government for funding to help...
View ArticleSaudi execution of political prisoners sparks protest – the Round-up
The first round=up of 2016 is brought to you by Hannah Lynes. In the news The interior ministry of Saudi Arabia has confirmed this week that it has executed 47 people in a single day. Included among...
View ArticleUN committee rules on abortion prohibition – the Round-up
Photo credit: the Huffington Post In the news The UN human rights committee has found that restrictive abortion laws in Ireland had subjected a woman to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment, in...
View ArticleDeath penalty victory in European court for Iraqi murder suspects
Updated Al-Saadoon and Mufdhi v the United Kingdom – 61498/08 [2010] ECHR 282 – Read judgment / court press release The European Court of Human Rights has declared that a decision in the cases of two...
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