Mullin stands firm on not disclosing sources
The former MP for Sunderland South and investigative journalist Chris Mullin has refused to divulge the sources of his information about the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings in a hearing at the Old Bailey in London. Mullin told the court on Friday (25 February) that it...
Police use the Terrorism Act against journalist and former government minister
Nearly thirty years after the Birmingham Six were released by the Court of Appeal for a crime they never committed, the journalist who was responsible for their release, Chris Mullin, will himself be in the Old Bailey this week. The former Labour MP for Sunderland...
Assange wins the right to seek an appeal to the Supreme Court
The High Court ruled today (Monday 24 January) that Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has the right to ask the Supreme Court to block his extradition to the US, ruling that he had an arguable point of law. The ruling means Mr Assange can petition the UK's highest court...