Scotland Yard has said in a statement that their nine-hour detention of David Miranda, the boyfriend on Glenn Greenwald, was legally sound under Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000, but was it a misuse or abuse of powers?
The decision by the European Court of Human Rights that “life means life” sentences for inmates are against their human rights has found many detractors, but if the prison system is for reform and not just punishment then hope of release is a requirement.
The crisis in Egypt has inched further into chaos after president Morsi warned of confusion over its threat to intervene if the Egyptian government did not heed “the will of the people”
Protesting at international football matches is the best way to gain the attention of the politicians than have put Brazil’s international perception above the problems faced by many at home.
By arresting journalists, lawyers, and doctors who were helping protesters, Erdogan has shown that any semblance of a liberal democracy was nothing more than a thin veil over authoritarianism.