“The home secretary, Theresa May, is coming under increasing pressure to use water cannon on the streets of mainland Britain for the first time after a third night of rioting in London left emergency services stretched.”
The Guardian, 9th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A burglar shot by a man defending his home was told by a judge that he had just received summary justice.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th February 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A Cambridgeshire man has been sentenced to a year in prison for attempting to smuggle ammunition into the UK.”
UK Border Agency, 21st October 2010
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
“Activists claim they were legally justified in causing £180,000 damage to an arms factory as they were seeking to stop what they believed were Israeli war crimes in Gaza, a court heard today.”
The Guardian, 7th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A white supremacist who became the first person to be sentenced for producing a chemical weapon was jailed for 10 years today.”
The Independent, 14th May 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Greater Manchester police is being investigated after its officers fired a Taser gun at a man who became aggressive while having an epileptic seizure.”
The Guardian, 13th April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man who claims he was repeatedly shot with a Taser during his arrest in Nottingham intends to sue the police, the BBC understands.”
BBC News, 24th November 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A millionaire businessman who illegally sold former military personnel carriers to Sudan has been jailed.”
BBC News, 4th November 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A police watchdog is to start an independent inquiry into an incident when CS spray appeared to be used by police on a man at close quarters.”
BBC News, 17th September 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Three police officers have been placed on restricted duty and an internal inquiry started after film emerged of close-range use of CS spray on a man.”
BBC News, 15th September 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A police watchdog is investigating claims that officers used a Taser stun gun on a man’s head during an arrest.”
The Guardian, 31st August 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Police use of Taser stun guns has increased by nearly a third, figures revealed today.”
The Independent, 17th August 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The use of unmanned drones as weapons of war in conflicts around the world has been called into question by one of Britain’s most senior judges. Lord Bingham, until last year the senior law lord, said that some weapons were so ‘cruel as to be beyond the pale of human tolerance’.
The Independent, 6th July 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The foreign secretary, David Miliband, has acted ‘in flagrant and continuing breach of international law’ in failing to suspend arms exports to Israel, the high court will be told.”
The Guardian, 25th February 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The case of an 89-year-old man, who was shot with a Taser gun by officers, has been referred to a police watchdog.”
BBC News, 22nd January 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The use of taser stun guns by police is increasing, new Home Office figures published today reveal.”
The Guardian, 5th August 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“More than 100 nations, including the UK, have signed a treaty to ban current designs of cluster bombs.”
BBC News, 30th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The US will no longer be able to stockpile cluster bombs at its military bases in Britain under government proposals for an international ban on the controversial weapons, it emerged last night.”
The Guardian, 29th May 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Police chiefs were criticised yesterday for using Taser stun guns to handle routine public order situations involving people under the influence of alcohol, and the mentally ill.”
The Independent, 13th April 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The first person in Gwynedd to be tasered by North Wales Police was a 15-year-old youth, a court has heard.”
BBC News, 18th February 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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