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MI5 lied to three courts in neo-Nazi agent case, inquiry finds

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MI5 lied to three courts in neo-Nazi agent case, inquiry finds

Senior figures at Britain’s internal security agency MI5 lied repeatedly in court over the case of an abusive neo-Nazi agent. Deputy investigatory powers commissioner Sir John Goldring has slammed a number of senior figures at MI5 over their behaviour. As the Canary reported on 17 March 2026, the spy agency has been ordered to pay compensation to a woman: coercively controlled, abused, and attacked with a machete by a neo-Nazi agent it employed. The fascist agent also: had fantasies about eating children. Goldring’s new report is scathing, confirming BBC revelations that: MI5 lied to the courts, something the security service vehemently…

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Scottish courts further denigrate rights for trans people with prison ruling

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Scottish courts further denigrate rights for trans people with prison ruling

Scotland’s highest civil court has ruled that guidance allowing some trans women to be housed in women’s prisons was unlawful. This is undoubtedly another setback in an increasingly hostile environment for trans people across the UK. It is incredible how fast the legal arguments fall in line once political appetite changes. And now that fascism is creeping across the UK, clearly the most vulnerable communities are facing the sharpest end of oppression. Human rights for some The Court of Session ruled that Scottish prison guidance was unlawful because it allowed some trans women to be accommodated in the women’s estate following…

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Palestine Action ban to stay in place as courts rule human rights protest is ‘terrorism’

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Palestine Action ban to stay in place as courts rule human rights protest is ‘terrorism’

The Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of home secretary Shabana Mahmood’s appeal against the High Court’s ruling that the ‘terrorism’ ban on Palestine Action was unlawful. The appeals court decided that the ban was a proportionate infringement on UK human rights and did not exceed the government’s powers. Palestine Action The judge reading out the decision based this judgment on the home secretary being better placed than the courts to decide what was needed – an anti-judicial coup carried out by judges, effectively. The interference of pro-Israel groups in the decision to ban the direct action group was ignored.…

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