Justice

‘They lost their bottle’: why China spy case never reached courts

Senior legal sources claim that DPP dropped charges against Berry and Cash over fears trial would damage reputation of the Crown Prosecution Service

Egypt releases its best-known political prisoner

The British-Egyptian activist, who spent most of the last 12 years behind bars, and his mother went on hunger strike to protest his imprisonment

New laws to limit the ECHR would be no silver bullet

Data shows that the convention is not a block on meaningful immigration policy

Bolsonaro trial will finally challenge army’s iron grip

The modern country has endured years of oppressive rule, yet no one has ever been held to account. Now that could be about to change

Lucy Connolly is no hero, but her words shouldn’t be a crime

Lionising a woman who stirred up racial hatred is a moral failure of the right

Hundreds of protestors have been charged with terrorism

One of the biggest mass arrests in modern British history threatens to clog the courts – but the Home Office is doubling down

Bangladesh war crimes tribunal puts its founder in the dock

The ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina is being tried in absentia as she refuses to leave India. She is in other trouble too

Pardon me? Ghislaine Maxwell may seek deal with Trump

There is speculation that Trump could issue a pardon to the convicted sex trafficker. It would be a huge risk

Age checks meant for children have sparked a free speech row

Most Britons support the policy, even if it appears to be ineffective

The human impact of the Post Office scandal will go down in history

More than 10,000 people are estimated to have been affected by the miscarriage of justice

The long walk to freedom

Pious Keku escaped forced labour in Ghana and human traffickers in the UK only to spend the next three years in detention

Britain’s newest terror threat is a protest group

Yvette Cooper’s proposed legislation would put Palestine Action in the same category as Isis, Hamas and al-Qaeda

Threat of US sanctions over Gaza forced me out, says ICC lawyer

Andrew Cayley oversaw the ICC’s investigation into Israel and Hamas. As he gathered harrowing testimonies, he began to receive threatening phone calls

Hunger-striker’s plea: free my son from Cairo prison

The great unmuzzling: Banning workplace NDAs

Workplaces have used NDAs to cover up harassment, discrimination and abuse

Two crisis-hit prisons get a ‘Scandi beige’ conversion

The quiet hero who exposed the grooming gangs

He was stonewalled by police and local councils. But victims found in him an adult they could trust

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