Human Rights

Order DescriptionOne of the followin" rel="nofollow">ing questions to be answered on the: Official Secrecy: In August 2013 Bradley Mannin" rel="nofollow">ing was found guilty of breachin" rel="nofollow">ing the US Espionage Act for sharin" rel="nofollow">ing a large quantity of classified in" rel="nofollow">information with a third party (Wikileaks). His conviction was reported on by The Guardian and The Washin" rel="nofollow">ington Post. Had Mannin" rel="nofollow">ing worked for the UK military in" rel="nofollow">instead of for the US military would the Attorney General have been able to brin" rel="nofollow">ing a successful prosecution again" rel="nofollow">inst him for breach of the Official Secrets Act 1989 in" rel="nofollow">in relation to the revelations he made? In your answer you are to refer to sections of the Official Secrets Act 1989, previous prosecutions, and relevant case law. OR Protection of Personal Information: In September 2016 various newspapers and media organisations published articles about Keith Vaz, MP for Leicester East, regardin" rel="nofollow">ing allegations about his use of prostitutes and purchase of illegal drugs: (a) Summarise the key facts relatin" rel="nofollow">ing to these allegations and resultin" rel="nofollow">ing publications; (b) Based on the facts and the key legal prin" rel="nofollow">inciples in" rel="nofollow">in relation to the protection of personal in" rel="nofollow">information, to what extent is the in" rel="nofollow">information concerned private? (c) Based on the facts and the key legal prin" rel="nofollow">inciples, to what extent could publication be argued to be in" rel="nofollow">in the public in" rel="nofollow">interest? (d) Overall, was publication of the allegations lawful?