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Showing posts with label A secret trial in Britain's police state. Show all posts
Showing posts with label A secret trial in Britain's police state. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 02, 2008

A secret trial in Britain's police state

A secret trial in Britain's police state


There is something very disturbing about a hearing in secret where neither the accused nor his lawyer attended, and the tribunal admits dodgy evidence which would not stand up in open court is used in its judgment to send a person to prison.

This is not the Trial by Franz Kafka and the person is not Joseph K. This is real life in Britain today. Now tell me we don't live in a police state.

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Related content from the Guardian:

No justice in secrecy