tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post1290360845264226199..comments2024-03-27T16:39:43.522+00:00Comments on Liberal England: Calls for new Solicitor General Robert Buckland to resignJonathan Calderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-29469706616229146302014-07-22T13:04:11.975+01:002014-07-22T13:04:11.975+01:00http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/dec/01/ukcrime....<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/dec/01/ukcrime.immigrationpolicy" rel="nofollow">http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/dec/01/ukcrime.immigrationpolicy</a><br /><br />At NCCL, Harriet [Harman] also campaigned for prisoners’ rights, for a Human Rights Act and against Government secrecy. She was prosecuted [in 1982] for contempt for showing a journalist documents already read out in open court. The case was against the Home Office for keeping a prisoner for 6 months in a “control unit”. She was found guilty of contempt by the British courts, but later found not guilty on appeal to the European Court of Human Rights.<br /><br />(from http://www.harrietharman.org/about_harriet)<br />Frank Littlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12447989626809704972noreply@blogger.com