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OCCUPY campaigners launched a legal challenge to London Mayor Boris Johnson yesterday after his decision to fence off Parliament Square was deemed unreasonable by human-rights lawyers.
With the help of human-rights group Liberty, Occupy Democracy have applied for judicial review of the measures taken to prevent peaceful demonstrations in the square.
Social-justice campaigner George Barda said: “The repressive approach of Boris Johnson (pictured) and his henchmen has been disappointing if not surprising.
The government’s case for abolishing most jury trials doesn’t stand up to scrutiny, argues KIM JOHNSON MP – and it must be stopped before it does lasting damage to democracy
The heroism of the jury who defied prison and starvation conditions secured the absolute right of juries to deliver verdicts based on conscience — a convention which is now under attack, writes MAT COWARD
