BASC’s fighting fund, set up to fight the corner of members who have been victims of injustice, has successfully helped a member win costs against the police. The BASC member was awarded costs of £4,000 after a successful appeal against revocation of his certificate. BASC put Cheshire Constabulary on notice last year that costs would… Read more »
The Health and Social Care Committee’s report on assisted dying has been published today. Humanists UK has welcomed the evidence-based nature of the report, but expressed disappointment that the committee missed the opportunity to draw firm conclusions or recommend specific changes to the law. Although the report does not make any recommendations for or against legislative… Read more »
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Arab television station al-Jazeera has aired an audio tape claiming to feature deposed Iraqi president Saddam Hussein. On the tape the purported voice of the former dictator says that he is alive and living ‘among Iraqis’. He adds: ‘I tell you that I miss you, miss you, oh beloved people, even though I am among… Read more »
Foreign Office Minister Baroness Symons has voiced “serious reservations” about the prospect of British detainees at Guantanamo Bay being tried by US military tribunals. Two Brits are among six individuals facing trial after President Bush last night authorised the first prosecutions of terror suspects being held at the US naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba…. Read more »
