This is the Part Where UK Legal Bodies’ PR Suffers Heavily

Our country is hosting the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict in London today. However, the UK, particularly its human rights departments, are now suffering heavy PR troubles as the media had exposed the UK’s women asylum seekers are suffering. So much for upping the values of human and women’s rights when women knocking at the doors are made to wait.

The stringent methods of the UK Immigration Department and Home Office in terms of providing asylum to men and women from different countries, and their failure to handle cases of women who were victims of sexual violence during war or a crime, is becoming a big deal to the world.

How crude it is to look at our government when you realize that everything they are doing is just PR. Sure, it raises awareness, but in other locations. The UK government needs to look at its backyard and see that the people they claim to fight for in such summits are the same people they refuse entry into the country.

Rape and mistreatment of women are indeed primitive and carnal crimes, but the biggest crime is hypocrisy, where those who preach could not practice the message they are trying to send.

Going Through a Commercialisation Phase, Aren’t We?

It is just plain wrong that energy companies will have the right to penetrate the underground of your home to get the prized shale that would drive the UK’s shale gas revolution, as the UK government and its ministers intended. With 74% of the UK’s population opposing the bill, it is clear that safety procedures have not persuaded the public of allowing some corporation to undermine their property.

The changesin the Trespass Laws will only generate problems and public mistrust because companies will need no permission from landowners and property owners when they proceed to fracking the ground for shale.

Now imagine this scenario: What if the foundations underneath your home shattered and destroyed your property? Insurance companies will be having a field day providing compensation for properties that were destroyed. Energy companies will have to provide for that compensation as well, and where would they get it except their profits from the shale gas revolution? Now that would drive up the costs yet again, which should have been offset by the endeavour.

In the end, nothing happens, except more public mistrust and bad governance. The UK government is going through commercialisation, as evidence in the heavy support of ministers for the changes in trespass laws.

UK, Yet Again The Central Hub for Modern Slavery

A hundred years ago, Britain had a very rich slave trade. Today, many western countries have a very rich slave trade. The only difference was that Governments and Institutions were way more honest than they are today. Everyone knows everyone wants a one-up from the other, including countries, and on a molecular level, this is also true.

UK today has become a central hub for modern slavery, according to critics, as a report by the Human Rights Watch reveals that new amendments on immigrant working Visas restrict them to only one employer, who subject them to physical and psychological abuse. Domestic workers, from Asia, Morocco and other countries, are “tied down” to their employers alone, who could confiscate their personal belongings and information, trap them inside houses and have them work abusive schedules without proper nourishment.

The research showed how immigrant domestic workers were treated in a “slave like” manner. Most interviewees described that they were threatened deportation if they set foot outside the house unaccompanied or if anybody else knew about their predicament. Some of them were physically and sexually harassed by their employers. Others said that their pay had been withheld by their employers, and sometimes they do not receive their payment at all.

UK immigration laws, which push many immigrants to “carry their own weight,” was pushed by the UK Home Office to ensure that “each citizen of the United Kingdom plays their part.”

Why Does the Media Play Down the Role of Claims Handling Companies?

Last year, many people turned to claims handlers to help them get their mis sold PPI refunds, and indeed, they did get the refunds they deserve, and owing 25% to the claims handler upon success. The Financial Ombudsman, the consumer group Which and the Financial Conduct Authority all downplayed the role of claims handlers because of the obvious signs that “ambulance-chasing” is becoming a lucrative business.

A consumer or victim who wants to claim compensation at the shortest time possible could use claims handlers as one way, but even CMCs, or Claims Management Companies, even tell consumers or victims that they can always make a claim on their own. The media fails to iterate that CMCs can save time, which the consumers pay for in making a hassle-free compensation claim.

Most victims of UK road or car accident seek help from claims handlers because they do not know the right documents, evidences or information needed by insurance companies to process their benefits. Only rogue CMCs perform cold calls or text messages. Most CMCs only have minimal advertising, or only have satisfied clients, such as myself, endorse their services. The media only focuses on money-making and scamming groups organisations. I have been a victim of one myself.

Just remember that claims handlers are one way to get your compensation, but if you do enough research, you could get back your full refund or compensation without having to pay (or looking for other ways to pay) 25%  to your claims handler.

The World is Wired to Total Surveillance

Total surveillance might seem absurd because democracy upholds the value of individual opinion and public criticism. The public believes the authorities are respecting these rights despite permits and restrictions needed by government systems. The internet had made things easier to express one’s self on a molecular level as part of a large society.

Then, Edward Snowden revealed the secret activities of the US National Security Agency, which put the world’s attention to privacy and surveillance laws. Governments became concerned and many other countries and many tech corporations are pushing the US government to revise its surveillance laws because people may stop using the technologies out of fear for their privacy.

However, technology is an amazing thing. People will continue to use it regardless ofthe laws there are. Its convenience for business and individuals to manage their professional and social lives makes the risk of privacy minimal. If the government is the only one peeking in, honestly, I wouldn’t mind. If a person who seems dangerous is peeking, that is when I will mind it.

This particular mind set of mine, and probably many other people have as well, will spell the downfall of privacy to give way for convenience and safety. This is one reason why it is inevitable the world is bound for total surveillance.

ECHR Court Ruling Shows The Reality of International Justice

Saudi officials had imprisoned four British men during 2001 who were subjected to torture and male rape, according to their claims. I’ve read substantial evidence about one of the men being incapable of committing the crime because of his injuries during the bombing in Riyadh, Saudi’s capital. The four men claimed that they signed admittance to the bombing because of the torture, yet the European Court on Human Rights had ruled against it.

The judges declared that the immunity of the Saudi state officials involved in the case does not allow them to convict the officials. However the judgment, which expresses that civil claims of torture committed on foreign soil UK courts do not have jurisdiction.

The four men only want claim for their torture, expressing physical and emotional pain they received during their imprisonment in Saudi Arabia. However, the immunity clause just makes it worse for people, who are underpowered in their legal position, to have their own right to claim justice.

It is sad that indeed, the judgment promotes the condemnation of torture in interrogations, but the slow movement of actual justice to ensure its effectiveness. This particular paradox, and the immunities that place certain people of power above the law, shows the horrid reality of international justice even here in the western hemisphere.

Jurors Doing Internet Searches During Cases Could Be Jailed

Jurors using mobile Internet devices to search for information about cases outside the facts revealed in court could be jailed up to 2 years according to the Law Commission. According to the Commission, the Internet’s capability to provide ready online information published across different sites all over the world could affect the juror’s perspective of the case in court.

Judges are alos given powers to remove jurors’ mobile phones while in court, including other variations of mobile Internet devices. These efforts are designed to reform the contempt of court regulations existing in the legal world today.

The UK Attorney General is also to give guidance regarding the publication of public opinion in the Internet regarding existing criminal legal court cases. According to Professor David Ormerod QC, he explained that the efforts of both the Law Commission and the Attorney General are to ensure that the defendants have a right to a fair trial, the interests of jurors and public confidence in the UK legal system.

The Internet devices will not be collected as the jurors enter a court building, but they will be collected when the jury is deliberating during the end of a trial. Juror contempt is a serious risk to handling and delivering proper justice, and the Internet’s resources that are more inaccurate could prove to influence their decisions.

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