A Message to the Apple Community in Europe

Re:A Message to the Apple Community in Europe by wildmusings on Tuesday August 30, 2016 @09:42AM (#12389988)

How very sad, another erosion of fundamental common law principles in the UK. In the last couple of decades, the UK has abolished the right to remain silent, the right to a public trial by jury, the protection against double jeopardy, the writ of habeas corpus, and the lack of ex post facto laws. Freedom of speech has become very qualified as well, with bans on various forms of "hate speech", and the freedom of assembly has also been seriously curtailed.

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Re:A Message to the Apple Community in Europe by al452 on Tuesday August 30, 2016 @10:56AM (#12390689)

"In the UK"??? Check your geography.

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Re:A Message to the Apple Community in Europe by wildmusings on Tuesday August 30, 2016 @10:01AM (#12390188)

The Wikipedia article on civil liberties in the UK is a good starting point.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_liberties_in_the_United_...

Selections:

Criminal Justice Act 2003, abrogated double jeopardy in cases with "new and compelling evidence".

Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005, created an offence of inciting religious hatred, an advanced notification scheme for protests up to 1 kilometre from Parliament.

Terrorism Act 2006, following the bombings in London on the 7th of July, this legislation allows for people suspected of terrorist offences to be detained without charge for up to 28 days.

Here's someone's blog post listing things that would be legal in the US but not in the UK, citing the specific laws or constitutional provisions in each that make it so. https://prestonbyrne.com/2016/01/06/the-american-english-civ...

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