Archive for October, 2013

D-Day for British Justice. How MPs have abolished the right to a fair trial

D-Day for British Justice. How MPs have abolished the right to a fair trial

Imagine a scenario in which you are whisked away in the middle of the night by armed police officers and then informed that you will tried in a secret court – which bars you from having legal representative. Imagine that you are then prevented from seeing the evidence, or the witness testimony against you. Nor are you able to submit[Read More…]

Technical meltdown

Technical meltdown

On October 12th 2013, the Akashic Times newspaper mysteriously went down, with all the stories deleted for no apparent reason. Our team has been working tirelessly to re-upload all of the stories that appeared on the site since the beginning of this year. It has been a long, slow process. The Akashic Times is an alternative newspaper that publishes independent[Read More…]

Would you trust this woman with your rights?

Turkeys voting for Christmas? Is the public in favour of scrapping human rights?

The ideology of removing the Human Rights Act is based upon the premise that it is used only by crooks and criminals aiming to exploit the system. In fact, that is essentially the idea behind every proposal to scrap something whether it be unemployment support, human rights, or working tax breaks: it works on the premise that somebody else is[Read More…]

Government pledge to scrap human rights

Government pledge to scrap human rights

The Tory party has drawn up plans to scrap the Human Rights Act, it has been revealed. Although they have maintained their desire to be part of Eurasia – sorry the EU, human rights should no longer be part of that agreement, they have announced. These proposals comes as home secretary Theresa May outlined plans to remove the appeal rights[Read More…]

Miriam Carey

Young mother shot dead after reportedly trying to ram car into White House

A young mother who reportedly tried to ram her car into the barricades of the US capitol yesterday has been shot dead by police. Dental hygienist Miriam Carey, 34, had been taking a cocktail of antidepressants and pharmaceutical drugs to treat schizophrenia when she was stopped at a checkpoint near the White House. Law enforcement authorities claim that she was[Read More…]