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Urgent action required: Yousef Nadarkhani: guilty of apostasy because of ancestry, not because of previous belief

Michael McFarland Campbell

Last week many of us were reading on friends’ blogs, Facebook pages, walls, letters in the press, and so on about the nearing execution of Troy Davis in the United States of America. This week, we hear practically nothing about the impending execution of Yousef Nadarkhani. I knew nothing of it until a friend The Rev. Marcus Walker posted an article on Facebook… so read on for the horror. Christian Solidarity calls for action on behalf of Yousef Nadarkhani Christian Solidarity Worldwide is urgently calling for action on behalf of Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani who faces execution after refusing to renounce … Continue reading Urgent action required: Yousef Nadarkhani: guilty of apostasy because of ancestry, not because of previous belief

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Lib Dem Ministers, you’ve betrayed our Party’s beliefs enough

Michael McFarland Campbell

Following the news that their Lordships* of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom have ruled†, giving access for lawyers to those being questioned by the police in Scotland, I am wondering how long it will take for Scottish Tory, David McLetchie MSP, and his ilk to start lobbying for the repeal of the ECHR from the Scotland Act 1998. Up until now, under Scots Law the police could question for up to six hours without a lawyer being present. The ruling now means that the Scottish Executive / Scottish Government (if you’re Alex Salmond!) must bring forward legislation to … Continue reading Lib Dem Ministers, you’ve betrayed our Party’s beliefs enough

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one year on: let’s think of the judiciary

Michael McFarland Campbell

Last year, a fundamental change in the British judiciary occured on this day. For after centuries of being the final court of appeal in England (and the rest of the United Kingdom as it was annexed united to England, the House of Lords ceased to function in this way. During the fifty-fourth Parliament of the United Kingdom, the Constitutional Reform Act 2008 (c.4) was passed. This created the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. Sadly this sounds very American to my British ears. There didn’t really seem very much wrong with the old system, but we have to get on … Continue reading one year on: let’s think of the judiciary

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