secrecy

The dissenting judgements found that there is no basis in law for MI5’s authorisation of participation in crime, and that therefore the policy is unlawful.

The vast majority of international loans in Africa are made under English law because it allows a cloak of secrecy over lending, says Christian Aid, so the buck stops with the UK Parliament to bring real transparency or continue to allow unjust debt to cripple developing countries.

ACLU says prosecution of Julian Assange by the US would open the door to criminal investigations of other news organisations.

Robert Schellenberg had been sentenced to 15 years in prison for drug smuggling but received a death sentence at a re-trial.