UK establishing "new generation of secret courts"
Secret court proposals compared to superinjunctions
www.guardian.co.uk – August 19, 2012
“The government’s plan to establish a new generation of secret courts has sparked fresh controversy after it emerged that the fact that a hearing is to be held behind closed doors may itself be kept secret…
“…whenever the government or its intelligence agencies are being sued in the UK courts…
“Many lawyers and human rights activists deny that such wide-ranging secrecy is necessary, and point out that once the bill becomes law, the public will be prevented from learning about the UK government’s involvement in human rights abuses, such as the torture of Binyam Mohamed, the decision to consign British citizens to Guantánamo, and the existence of the last Labour government’s secret torture policy…