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Legal nuances, people's tribunals and case research, brought into the open. Follow the sources, distinguish the commentary, and learn how to navigate the system yourself.
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Mental health in the UK
The inverse Catch-22: mental health, disability support and institutional accountability. A satirical starting point, followed by evidence and questions—not a finding of benefit misuse.
Public-record profileCourt record and public backgroundRoger Hallam
The Heathrow and M25 appeals, earlier trial reporting, mentions in other judgments, and the public background of a climate campaigner. Outcomes and sources kept distinct.
Research dossierBurnley · England and Wales · case update availableBarclays5
On 21 August 2026, the judge ruled out terrorist-connection sentencing in the Barclays5 case. The earlier reporting is retained below as a historical record.
Research dossierFilton · England and Wales · historical dossierFilton6
The initial six defendants, subsequent proceedings and the wider Filton cases, with the source dossier’s reporting kept together.
Research dossierSentencing law · Hansard · historical dossierTerrorist connection add-on
The sentencing mechanism, statutory sources and parliamentary debates about who determines a terrorist connection.
Research dossierJudicial review · United Kingdom · historical dossierProscription litigation
The challenge to Palestine Action’s proscription and the litigation sources collected in July 2026.
Research dossierRemand · United Kingdom · historical dossierThe hunger strikes
Sources on the prison hunger strikes, custody conditions and reported bail decisions.
Legal nuanceBushell's Case · 1670 → Webster · 2026Jury conscience
Jurors cannot be punished for their verdict, and an acquittal stands. But in 2026 the Court of Appeal said the oath to try a case on the evidence leaves no right to do the opposite.
Legal nuanceTerrorism Act 2000 · s.1The definition of terrorism
"Terrorism" includes serious damage to property done to influence the government for a political cause. No injury required.
Legal nuanceTerrorism Act 2000 · ss.11–13Proscription
Once a group is banned, membership, inviting support, or even displaying a symbol of support becomes a criminal offence.
Legal nuanceDPP v Ziegler · 2021Lawful excuse
The Supreme Court held that blocking a road in protest can be lawful if prosecution would be disproportionate. Within eighteen months, the courts confined it.
Legal nuanceECHR Article 7 · Human Rights Act 1998No punishment without law
No one can be convicted for an act that was not a crime when they did it. But an old law can be used in a new way.
TimelineUnited Kingdom · 1986 – 2026UK timeline
How dissent became a crime in Britain, one act, one clause, one exemplary sentence at a time. A UK timeline, 1986–2026.
Independent tribunalIndependent tribunal · concludedThe Gaza Tribunal: Inquiry into British Complicity
A two-day UK tribunal at Church House, Westminster, held after a bill for an official inquiry stalled. It concluded that the British government failed its obligation to prevent genocide.
Research dossierFederal proceedings · United States · historical dossierPrairieland · the United States
The Prairieland prosecutions and sentencing coverage, with government accounts distinguished from reporting and commentary.
Independent tribunalIndependent tribunal · concludedThe Belmarsh Tribunal
A travelling people's tribunal named after the London prison where Julian Assange was held, convened while he fought extradition to the United States.
Independent tribunalIndependent tribunal · concludedThe Gaza Tribunal (international)
An international people's tribunal that sat in Sarajevo and Istanbul and whose Jury of Conscience delivered a moral judgment that Israel committed genocide in Gaza.
Independent tribunalIndependent tribunal · concludedUyghur Tribunal
A London people's tribunal that found, beyond reasonable doubt, that China committed genocide against Uyghurs — through measures to prevent births, not mass killing.
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