New Australian sedition law sparks censorship fear (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
New Australian sedition law sparks censorship fear (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Australia is set to push through new sedition laws as part of a package of anti-terror legislation, despite widespread criticism that the laws are unnecessary and will stifle free speech.
US churches challenge anti-poor law (Ekklesia)
The National Council of Churches USA, an official ecumenical body, and 29 other American faith-based organizations, are urging the US Congress to end a law they say hurts poor families who need legal advice.
Government faces legal action over ‘torture’ flights (Telegraph)
The Government and senior police officers are being threatened with legal action if they fail to investigate allegations that American “torture” flights have landed in Britain.
US Federal Appeals Court Declares Missouri ‘Partial-Birth’ Abortion Law Unconstitutional (Medical News Today)
A three-judge panel of the Kansas City, Mo.-based 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday upheld a lower court’s ruling that a Missouri law that bans so-called “partial-birth” abortion is unconstitutional because it lacks a health exception, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports (Mannies, St. Louis Post-Dispatch , 11/29). Under the 1999 law, which is called the Missouri Infant’s Protection Act,
Government faces legal action over ‘torture’ flights (Telegraph)
The Government and senior police officers are being threatened with legal action if they fail to investigate allegations that American “torture” flights have landed in Britain.
Government faces legal action over ‘torture’ flights (Telegraph)
The Government and senior police officers are being threatened with legal action if they fail to investigate allegations that American “torture” flights have landed in Britain.
Lawyers in Bangladesh to protest bombings (Financial Times)
Lawyers in Bangladesh have called a nationwide general strike on Thursday to protest a wave of bloody attacks against the legal profession which has been targeted by fundamentalist groups aiming to impose strict Islamic law in this south Asian nation.