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Interview: Gabriella Bettiga on exceptional circumstances applications By Conor James McKinney
The Immigration Rules provide that somebody who wishes to stay in the UK on the basis of their family ties but does not otherwise meet the requirements of Appendix FM can argue that there are “exceptional circumstances”. Paragraph GEN.3.2.(2) says that: …the decision-maker must consider, on the basis of the information provided by the applicant, whether …
Zimbabwe is signing up for China’s surveillance state, but its citizens will pay the price. By Amy Hawkins
(Xuanyu Han/Getty Images/iStock photo/Foreign Policy illustration) Daily life in China is gated by security technology, from the body scanners and X-ray machines at every urban metro station to the demand for ID numbers on social media platforms so that dangerous speech can be traced and punished. Technologies once seen as potentially empowering the public have …
How Nigerian-American Uzo Asonye tackled Paul Manafort by Ladi Olorunyomi
Tuesday July 31, on the ninth floor of the federal courthouse in Alexandria, Virginia, Uzo Asonye delivered the prosecution’s opening statement to a packed room. It was the first day in the trial of Paul Manafort, renowned lobbyist, election consultant and former chairman of President Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. Mr Manafort’s trial is the first …
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Dasuki’s bail and the political attorney-general By Reuben Abati
It is more than two weeks now since His Lordship Justice Ijeoma L. Ojukwu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, gave clear, positive and unambiguous orders in the matter between Col Mohammed Sambo Dasuki (rtd) as applicant and three persons – the Director General, State Security Services, the State Security Services and the Attorney General …
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