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1. Atrocious GMC Quango Acts Illegally In Dr Sarah Myhill Case
The General Medical Council systematically filleted out of their official files all communications from me to the GMC between December 2005 and December 2007. This is illegal under the Data Protection Act. I now have two letters from GMC Information Access Officer Mr Julian Graves and GMC Assistant Director Mr Neil Marshall admitting the offence and apologising “without reservation”. The GMC did not reveal these missing documents until the day of my Interim Orders Panel Hearing – I did not know until it was too late that these documents had indeed been filleted out of the official record. All the IOP had to examine was the GMC’s version of events. Since my past history with the GMC has to be taken into account with respect to recent allegations against me, the GMC did not have a complete history that included my side of the story. Since the GMC’s potted version of events is largely incorrect, omitting my versio n is serious. The GMC seems to believe that it is fine to remove documents from the official record, show them to whom you see fit, with-hold them when is convenient, then say what you like to suit subsequently. Just this one incident is symptomatic of the GMC investigation of me over the past nine years – run with any old allegation from any old person and when the facts don’t fit ignore them or make up new ones that suit.
Information Release, Dr Sarah Myhill MB BS
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2. Iceland Passes Legislation To Protect Whistleblowers & Investigative Journalism
Julian Assange, WikiLeaks Chief Editor
The WikiLeaks advised proposal to build an international "new media haven" in Iceland, with the world's strongest press and whistleblower protection laws, and a "Nobel" prize for Freedom of Expression, has unanimously passed the Icelandic Parliament. One of the inspirations for the proposal was the dramatic August 2009 gagging of Iceland's national broadcaster, RUV by Iceland's then largest bank, Kaupthing. Iceland has passed a sweeping reform of its media laws that supporters say will make the country an international haven for investigative journalism. UK media organisations will watch developments closely. The British system has come under particular scrutiny recently, facing criticism that it is too easy to exercise censorship of stories and over libel provisions widely perceived as excessively favourable to complainants.
Julian Assange, WikiLeaks / Archie Bland, The Independent
3. US Supreme Court Rejects Pfizer HRT Trial Appeal
The US Supreme Court rejected an appeal of a ruling that ordered a retrial on how much punitive damages should be awarded to a woman who developed breast cancer after taking the Prempro and Premarin hormone replacement therapy drugs. An Arkansas jury in 2008 sided with Donna Scroggin in her lawsuit against two companies bought by Pfizer - Wyeth and Pharmacia - which was the first federal verdict against Wyeth. Scroggin was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2000, after taking hormone replacement therapy drugs for 11 years and was awarded compensatory damages of $2.7 million. She was also awarded punitive damages of $19.4 million against Wyeth, and $7.8 million against Pharmacia.
Ed Silverman, Pharmalot
4. UK Social Services & Family Courts Face International Criminal Court Class Action
More than 100 British families who say they have been treated unfairly by social services departments and the family courts are preparing to launch an unprecedented case at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, arguing that their human rights have been breached. The court action is being brought by Freedom, Advocacy and Law, which claims that parents have suffered "constant denial of freedoms" which ought to be protected under the Human Rights Act. The action alleges that British courts and local authorities have breached the legislation, which gives the right to a fair trial and the right to respect for private and family life. Sam Hallimond, of Freedom, Advocacy and Law, said: "Families have been destroyed by the actions of family courts, and no one has been held to account. Considering what's at stake at these hearings we need to see some sort of definition of the criteria under which action should be taken by social service s." He said he hoped the class action could result in financial payouts to some claimants, but the main purpose was to expose the flaws families saw in the system.
Rebecca Lefort, Daily Telegraph
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