A life or death decision – The Independent
“Mehdi Kazemi is a gay teenager from Iran. He sought sanctuary in Britain after his boyfriend was hanged for homosexuality. So why is Britain so determined to send him back to Tehran – to almost...
View ArticleGay teenager is facing gallows as his asylum bid is rejected – The Times
“A gay Iranian teenager faces deportation from Britain and execution in his home country after a Dutch court refused to hear his asylum claim.” Full story The Times, 12th March 2008 Source:...
View ArticleReprieve for gay Iranian who fears he will be killed – The Times
“A gay Iranian teenager is to be allowed to stay in Britain because his case is now so notorious that it would be dangerous to deport him to Tehran.” Full story The Times, 14th March 2008 Source:...
View ArticleAsylum: the peers’ revolt – The Independent
“Britain must radically change its immigration policy and end immediately the deportation of failed asylum-seekers who fear persecution in Iran, a group of leading peers will tell the Government...
View ArticleRegina (Smith) v Assistant Deputy Coroner for Oxfordshire – WLR Daily
Regina (Smith) v Assistant Deputy Coroner for Oxfordshire [2006] EWHC 694 (Admin); [2008] WLR (D) 108 “The procedural obligations arising under art 2 of the European Convention for the Protection of...
View ArticleGay student who faced execution in Iran granted asylum in Britain – The...
“A gay man who faces the death penalty in Iran has won asylum in the UK after protests prompted the Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith, to reconsider his case.” Full story The Independent, 21st May 2008...
View ArticleBE (Iran) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – Times Law Report
BE (Iran) v Secretary of State for the Home Department Court of Appeal “An Iranian soldier who deserted to avoid carrying out an order to plant land mines in peacetime which were liable to kill or maim...
View ArticleIran is safe for ‘discreet’ gays, says Jacqui Smith – The Independent
“Gay and lesbian asylum-seekers can be safely deported to Iran as long as they live their lives ‘discreetly’, the Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith, has claimed.” Full story The Independent, 23rd June 2008...
View ArticleIraq dossier memos ‘must be released’– Daily Telegraph
“Memos and emails showing how the Government’s Iraq war dossier was ‘sexed up’ must be released, the information commissioner has ordered.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 4th September 2008 Source:...
View ArticleAsylum for lesbian on the run from Iran – The Independent
“A lesbian who fled Iran after her girlfriend was arrested and sentenced to death in Tehran has won her battle to be granted asylum in Britain.” Full story The Independent, 16th February 2009 Source:...
View ArticleMoD facing legal action over pair held without charge in Afghan jail – The...
“The Ministry of Defence faces legal action over its refusal to identify two men handed over by British troops in Iraq to American forces who subsequently transferred them to the infamous ‘dark prison’...
View ArticleStatement by the Chief Executive of the General Council of the Bar of England...
“The Chief Executive of the Bar Council of England and Wales, the Chairman of the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales and the President of the Law Society of England and Wales express their...
View ArticleBank Mellat v HM Treasury – WLR Daily
Bank Mellat v HM Treasury [2010] EWHC 1332 (QB); [2010] WLR (D) 148 “The powers conferred on HM Treasury by Sch 7 to the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 to give directions by order to persons operating in...
View ArticleAppeasement it may be, but exclusion of Iranian dissident not a matter for...
“The High Court has upheld an order by the Home Secretary preventing Maryam Rajavi, a prominent Iranian dissident, from speaking in Parliament. The exclusion order was imposed because of concerns about...
View ArticleBritish judges refuse to extradite former Iranian diplomat to US – Daily...
“A former high-ranking Iranian diplomat has won a High Court battle in his attempt to avoid extradition to the US.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 27th November 2012 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
View ArticleTreasury presses supreme court to consider secret evidence in bank case – The...
“The Treasury is urging the supreme court to consider secret evidence for the first time when it hears an appeal by an Iranian bank against sanctions imposed on it by the British government.” Full...
View ArticleIranian torture guard refused UK citizenship – BBC News
“An Iranian army conscript has been refused UK citizenship after a judge ruled he had been too closely linked with ‘crimes against humanity’.” Full story BBC News, 19th February 2013 Source:...
View ArticleSupreme Court could use secret evidence in landmark case – Daily Telegraph
“The Supreme Court could use secret evidence in a ruling for the first time in a landmark case this week despite previously banning such material from civil courts.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 18th...
View ArticleSupreme court quashes Iran bank sanctions and criticises secret hearings –...
“The government’s enthusiasm for secret courts has been set back after the UK’s most senior judges quashed anti-terrorist sanctions imposed on an Iranian bank and dismissed the intelligence involved as...
View ArticleSupreme Court – Measures against Iranian bank unlawful, and the secret...
“Two sets of judgments today from a 9-judge Supreme Court in the Bank Mellat case. The first explains why the Court adopted a secret procedure in the absence of the Bank (i.e. a Closed Material...
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