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Dominic Raab
DOMINIC RAAB was criticised today after revealing new details on plans to overhaul the Human Rights Act, including a mechanism to “correct” rulings by the European Court of Human Rights.
The Justice Secretary revealed earlier this month that Prime Minister Boris Johnson had given him the task of rewriting the Human Rights Act.
In an update on those incoming changes, Mr Raab said that British soldiers and institutions such as the police and health service should not be “dictated to” by judges in Europe.
The Met Police's refusal to act against British nationals accused of war crimes in Gaza is a green light for Israel's genocide, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE
ANSELM ELDERGILL looks at the legality of the wars in the Middle East and the means used to fight them. It is said that truth is the first casualty of war, so what is the truth with regard to the legality of America’s and Israel’s wars in Iran, Palestine and Lebanon?
The government’s case for abolishing most jury trials doesn’t stand up to scrutiny, argues KIM JOHNSON MP – and it must be stopped before it does lasting damage to democracy
