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Below is an article arguing in part in favour of the laws.
The low number of times they've been used (20) is cited as evidence in favour of continuing the law.
Looking at Trump, Philip Ruddock and RoboDebt, and seeing nothing that stops this bad law being used to make a totalitarian government.
The Australian Parliament’s Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) is reviewing legislation confirming the reality of an extraordinary, rarely used intelligence capability that has been part of national security law for 22 years: the ...
Keir Starmer and David Lammy are taking an extraordinarily dangerous gamble with our individual liberty
"So what did the report find? Here are some key takeaways from the 174-page document."
Abolishing trial by jury: why is the government overlooking the obvious?
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The bill authorizes deadly force for "trying to “dispossess” [owners] of their property or is attempting a robbery or committing arson".
None of these crimes carries a death penalty if an officer arrests someone. Why should it do so if the property owner catches them first?
UK: Allocation of costs in Banks v Cadwalladr sets chilling precedent for public interest journalism
https://rsf.org/en/uk-allocation-costs-banks-v-cadwalladr-sets-chilling-precedent-public-interest-journalism
<< UK libel actions do what UK libel actions do: protect the rich from criticism.
They are long overdue a total overhaul.
London is, and looks to retain for the near future, its shameful reputation as the “libel capital of the world".
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is deeply concerned that the UK Court of Appeal has ordered investigative journalist Carole Cadwalladr to pay more than £1m in court costs to businessman Arron Banks, despite a judgement ruling that her reporting was in the public interest at the time of publication.
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