Emergency Law To Save Ireland From Legalising Drugs

Today, Ireland’s Senate will pass an emergency legislation to ban the possession and use of drugs in Ireland, rendered legal due to a dismissal of a legal add-on perceived to violate certain constitutional laws.

The Court of Appeal put forward that there was a loophole in the existing law that deemed ecstasy, crystal meth and ketamine as illegal highs. This loophole do not affect existing laws regarding the supply, possession and the sale of heroin, cannabis and cocaine.

Within hours of the ruling, the Irish Minister for Health Leo Varadkar had called on introducing an emergency bill as soon as possible to reinstate the ban. The bill was to be “short but important”.

The senate is to present the bill to the president to sign immediately for the law to take effect as soon as Thursday.

Until then, possession and use of the drugs will remain legal.

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Scotland’s Assisted Suicide Law is Flawed

A proposed law in Scotland that would allow terminally-ill and incapacitated people to seek help with suicide could violate some European human rights laws according to legal experts.

The proposal will make assisted suicide or euthanasia lawful in certain circumstances.

Margo MacDonald, who was terminally-ill, had first introduced the law before her death in April. It  was a revision of her previous assisted suicide bill that also failed due to lack of Scottish Parliament support.

The Faculty of Advocates said “If Parliament is to pass legislation to protect persons from what would otherwise be the legal consequences of assisting another person to commit suicide, the Faculty considers it is important that such legislation is clear, readily understood, and not just by lawyers, that key terms are well-defined and not open to a variety of interpretations, and that the penalties for breach of the requirements of the legislation are spelled out.

“Otherwise, persons wishing the protection of the legislation will be unclear as to whether their acts are protected and may render themselves liable to prosecution for serious crimes or subsequent review of their conduct in a civil court.

“The Faculty considers that the Bill as currently drafted may not achieve these essential goals.”

The Law Society of Scotland said the Bill could breach the European Convention on Human Rights.

In England and Wales, the Suicide Act 1961 considers assisting someone’s suicide or suicide attempt is an offence. This is also the same in Northern Ireland.

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Somerset Business Tenants Banned From Selling Legal Highs

Taunton Deane Councillors voted against Council business tenants from selling “legal highs” over the counter in Taunton in Somerset.

The law will stop the sale of the substances in any premise rented from the authority as the Tuesday meeting concluded.

Councillor Federica Smith said the sale of legal highs had a “negative impact” on the community. She said the authorities had a duty to remedy the situation.

Council business tenants are now forbidden to sell the substances from any premise owned or leased by the Council. It was agreed that all landlords should be contacted in case tenants prove difficult to stop.

They also approved a number of business proposals designed to tackle anti-social behavor associated with the substances.

Certain substances that allow users to reach “legal highs” are allowed for sale in the United Kingdom. Most of these drugs could be bought online and in some shops.

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Will David Cameron’s New Laws Shape Up Against Terrorist Threat?

In the G20 Australian Summit, British Prime Minister David Cameron revealed the UK’s seizing of passports for potential outgoing ISIS fighters and its blocking of fighters coming home from the frontlines. Will it be effective? Let’s see.

The UK Government’s strategy is to dry up the resources of IS, namely people. Individuals, especially youngsters within the age group of 18-21, are attracted to the ideals of ISIS. Hundreds of individuals in Europe and the United States have travelled to Syria and Iraq to fight with their brethren. According to the UK, they provide the biggest population of terrorist migrants.

The new powers will expand passport seizure laws from the Home Secretary to Policemen stationed in airports. Anyone suspected of participating in any acts of terror could be held down for 30 days until their names are cleared. 

Meanwhile, the UK will not be welcoming British Jihadists home. They will be allowed home, but only if they comply with strict measures of living inside the United Kingdom.

Will it shape up? I believe it would have effects. With plenty of inspections happening in airports, most youngsters will be discouraged to go. Veteran fighters could sneak their way from the airport, but they may be barred from their return.

Regardless whether it’s a prideful fight for terrorists, they won’t be going home unless they are treated like criminals in their home state. But for the laws, I believe they could achieve their goals effectively. 

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Bahraini Prince Stripped of UK Legal Immunity: About Time!

UK’s High Court ruled that Bahraini Prince Nasser bin Hamad al-Khalifa will not be given his legal immunity against arrest and prosecution in the United Kingdom after hard evidence showing he detained the leaders of a pro-democracy movement in Bahrain.

Since 2012, the Bahraini government had imprisoned human rights advocates and pro-democracy groups in the country, often accompanied by torturing captured protesters and the leaders during their imprisonment. A law firm representing a Bahraini refugee in the UK, Deighton Pierce Glynn (DPG) is pushing the case with evidence showing alleged torture of inmates in Bahraini prisons.

It is about time that the Prince was given such a sanction provided that these activities have been going on for years before. Despite the pleas from the European Centre for Constitution and Human Rights (ECCHR) and the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR), the UK High Court had strongly sided with the anonymous Bahraini refugee.

The refugee had presented medium evidence indicating that “flogging, beating and kicking” two pro-democracy leaders at the Manama Fort prison clinic al-Qala’a in 2011.

The CPS had also released their statement that they “can no longer maintain their position that the prince could have immunity in line with recent case law on this issue.”

About time if you asked me!

Friends, Clap Your Hands for a Great Set of Legal Ambiguities for the United States

We all still remember that time when then-US President George Bush along with then-British Prime Minister Tony Blair had both agreed to put boots on the ground in Iraq to seize their atomic and chemical weapons and put a stop to the Taliban. Those campaigns failed to produce any form of chemical weapons. Today, we might be seeing the same thing, but according to the US, it is not the same.

Maybe we’re missing something. According to the Obama Administration, the government could only appoint combat personnel for 60 days in a foreign country if sending troops without the approval of congress. Apparently, since June 16, 2014, the US had been sending “military advisers” to Iraq to deal with the threat of ISIS.

Now that the extremist faction had grown from a “junior varsity” team to a major league, Obama now re-classifies them to a higher threat level. He is set to justify to the Americans why the ISIS becomes a threat, focusing on the idea that many western fighters have joined the ranks of the extremists, and these have possibly come from the US and the UK.

Meanwhile, boots on the ground will never be considered, according to Obama. But you’ll never know. Until those ‘military advisers’ see combat, US military personnel can stay inside another country’s soil for as long as they want. Combat is only when they engage hostilities personally. This is where you could clap your hands for accomplishing something by bending the rules.

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