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This article titled “Chris Tappin denies terror links amid US charge over Iran arms deal” was written by David Batty and Shiv Malik, for guardian.co.uk on Friday 27th April 2012 09.00 UTC

A retired British businessman who was extradited to the US in February on charges of dealing arms to Iran, has denied any connection with terrorism and claimed he was the victim of an FBI sting operation.

David Burrowes calls for Reform of Extradition Laws and Justice for Gary McKinnon.
With Gary in his 10th year of challenging his extradition, David called for reform of extradition laws. He said “Lessons need to be learned from Gary’s case. Court’s need to have greater oversight of cases so they can consider whether it is in the interests of justice to extradite a UK citizen. The Home Secretary also has an important role to safeguard human rights. I hope that Gary Mckinnon is the last living example of why the extradition laws were reformed not a dead example of why we failed UK citizens.”
I pay tribute to Gary McKinnon’s mother, Janis Sharp, who this week, quite properly, was awarded the Liberty “Close to Home” award for her passionate and sustained campaign for her son, and her campaign to reform extradition for the sake of other UK citizens. The Baker review made reference to Gary McKinnon’s case, but I believe it was misrepresented. The reality of the situation that he faces was not reflected in the somewhat dismissive, even cynical, comments about him. He has in effect been on bail for 10 years. That must be one of the most unwanted records for any British citizen in this country. Normally, we would only find such a situation under a despotic regime like Burma’s, not in Britain, the home of the rule of law.
David Burrowes MP speaks on Gary McKinnon in Parliament

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This article titled “The online copyright war: the day the internet hit back at big media” was written by Dominic Rushe, for The Guardian on Wednesday 18th April 2012 17.03 UTC

A casual observer could be forgiven for thinking that major media firms hate technology. They certainly fear it. Since Jack Valenti, the legendary film industry lobbyist, said in 1982 that the VCR was like the Boston Strangler, preparing to murder the innocents of Hollywood, they have viewed such advances as a Godzilla creature rising from the sea to threaten their existence.

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This article titled “US/UK extradition agreement too one-sided, says Keith Vaz” was written by James Ball and Josh Halliday, for The Guardian on Thursday 19th April 2012 18.44 UTC

The chair of the influential House of Commons home affairs committee, Keith Vaz, has said the extradition of Sheffield student Richard O’Dwyer is the most apparent example of the “one-sided” UK/US extradition agreement which “did not protect the rights of British citizens”.

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This article titled “Richard O’Dwyer: Lib Dems fight to halt extradition to US on piracy charges” was written by James Ball, for The Guardian on Wednesday 18th April 2012 20.30 UTC

The government is coming under cross-party pressure from within the coalition to stay the extradition of a Sheffield student who founded a website sharing links to TV shows, and to review the US extradition treaty in the wake of the case.