How much did British intelligence know about the IRA during the troubles?
Feb 07, 2016 15:28 pm UTC| Law
The October 1993 Shankill Road IRA bomb was one of the most notorious atrocities of the Northern Ireland conflict. Its intended target was the leadership of the loyalist paramilitary group the Ulster Defence Association as...
Price discrimination isn't only about pink razors
Feb 07, 2016 15:17 pm UTC| Law Business
Would you pay more for a pink razor? High street stores Boots and Superdrug have been busy reviewing how they price their products after campaigners claimed products targeted at women were marked up on the shelves. Both...
Julian Assange verdict: how this curious episode might be brought to an end
Feb 07, 2016 15:14 pm UTC| Law
The UNs Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has decided that Julian Assange is being arbitrarily held by a concert of powers so how might this curious situation play out? The Working Group finds that Assange is not...
UN decision is not 'the end of the road' that Assange claims it is
Feb 07, 2016 15:03 pm UTC| Law
A United Nations panel has found that Sweden and the UK have arbitrarily detained WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange contrary to their obligations under human rights treaties. The panel called on the two governments to...
Why there's a case for bringing private armies in from the cold
Feb 04, 2016 16:23 pm UTC| Law
Libya is a country on the brink of total chaos. Two rival groups both claim to be the legitimate government, and between them seem incapable of achieving stability. In the resulting security vacuum, one of the two sides...
Russian Bitcoin Users Could Be Fined 0.5 Mln Rubles Or Jailed For 2 Years – Report
Feb 04, 2016 10:27 am UTC| Digital Currency Law
The reports of Russian lawmakers seeking to ban bitcoin use in the country have been in media circles for quite some time now. In December, the lawmakers submitted a new draft bill to the countrys legislative assembly Duma...
Four key parts of Britain's new deal with Europe explained by an expert in EU law
Feb 04, 2016 02:08 am UTC| Law Politics
Proposals on the UKs future relationship with the European Union have given British voters a first indication of what David Cameron, the prime minister, has achieved in his attempts to renegotiate the terms of the UKs...
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