16th April - Law News

2666th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus: Kemi and Mojo are two women who want to take back control of their bodies after their sexuality was stolen from them. They've joined one of the "UK's first plus-size dance classes" to build their confidence and learn to love themselves as they are. Both women have waived their right to anonymity to talk about their experiences of being raped in the hope of encouraging others to speak out.

 

Focus of the Day Article:

UN urges France to act on 'dire' living conditions of refugees. Special rapporteur for housing says plight of hundreds of migrants breaches their human rights.
Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

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• Daniel Hegarty: Ex-soldier to be charged with 1972 murder https://t.co/XVB3NvVU0b
• A new dawn for women's rights in #Sudan https://t.co/KXiWaKjvA3
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/BWKKFurqp
• Men who father children by rape should be blocked from automatic parental rights, MP says https://t.co/6dxUyMMarg
• Government breached prisoners' human rights by not allowing them to vote https://t.co/PdpqWv3xq2 
• #Brazil: Jail Sentence against Comedian Harms Freedom of Expression https://t.co/s3lvU3arYz 
• Animal rights activists protest release of suspected killers of stray dogs in Ankara #Turkey https://t.co/ukffc42ckz 
• Teen infanticide case: Lawyer says couple not 'depraved, heartless murderers' #US https://t.co/Y8G4PELqAb
• Ghosn's lawyer calls daily questioning a form of 'torture' #Japan https://t.co/W4STsSvvlM 
• There's no evidence to justify Assange's eviction, Snowden's lawyer says https://t.co/JdKqBBioMQ 
• Falklands' court fines #Argentine lawyer for attempting to export live round as “historic souvenir” https://t.co/O1GqKMqUm5
• David Gilliland: Lawyer and dendrologist excelled at everything he did #Ireland https://t.co/hBGoyHOYa
• Speedboat killer's lawyer accuses victim's family of 'GLOATING' over prison time https://t.co/Z0dDIQmJMh
• Barbara Underwood, Douglas Letter to Argue Census Case Before Supreme Court #US https://t.co/M3qP0tsi7
• Grenfell family 'face removal from home' as Tory council refuses to pay https://t.co/fn7iULPPfI
• Call to end ban on producing immune therapy from UK blood https://t.co/ku2T40pF6L
• Shamima Begum who was groomed as IS bride at 15, 'given legal aid' for citizenship fight https://t.co/klVBqA1ntH
• Dishonest NHS ambulance chasing lawyer struck off https://t.co/xF8SPUrKF
• Essential legislation enabling ADRS would be further extended by Sindh Assembly: Wahab #Pakistan https://t.co/nyN2xhvD6q
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/HvletigOhU
• Victims of #Italy's deadly 'Years of Lead' demand justice https://t.co/3CAwy8D10
• Justice Dept. Declines to Defend Law Against Female Circumcision, Citing Flaws #US https://t.co/zONE1DOqWE
• Roger Stone connected to matters still under investigation, Justice Dept. says #US https://t.co/JVVsFz0eHO
• A 911 Call, an Unarmed Woman and a Single Shot: The Mystery of a Police Shooting https://t.co/znp2KEJBhX
• At #Egypt’s Tourism Gems, Animal Abuse Is an Ugly Flaw https://t.co/NxokmdCWrV
• Gene-Edited Babies: What a Chinese Scientist Told an American Mentor https://t.co/yKjxVlXAGU
• Tracking Phones, Google Is a Dragnet for the Police https://t.co/wpQnOvgbzu
• Nottingham Prison inmate cuts prison officer's throat https://t.co/rGitvRaDHM
• Gatwick drone attack possible inside job, say police https://t.co/VPC9ch3hn
• Government plans to ban no-fault evictions in England https://t.co/h5ivMq1RFu
• Dangerous products could swamp UK after Brexit, warns Which? https://t.co/Gzb69mqK1B
• Sajid Javid to call for shift in mindset to tackle knife crime https://t.co/C3hSg2YCv3
• Europe urged to reject US Middle East plan if it is unfair to Palestinians https://t.co/mmDRDJOcWH
• Short-notice evictions face axe in tenant rights victory https://t.co/hfUtX2f3w3
• Lula, like all #Brazilians, faced a fair trial https://t.co/8wENMil8Uw