Week News

• CPS secretly dropped 'weak' rape cases, say rights groups

• Trans people were promised change, but instead they face deepening prejudice

• Belgium mulls charges over 1961 killing of Congo's first elected leader

• To all men who are in on the ‘open secret’: you have failed us

• Role of UK judges in Hong Kong appeal court comes under scrutiny

• Barclays: Qataris spoke to Gordon Brown to 'defuse 2008 bailout pressure'

• Human rights in focus Priti Patel accused of 'shameful' bid to deport girl at risk of FGM

Month News

• Charles Bronson wins first step in fight for public parole hearing

• Fugitive Indian tycoon Vijay Mallya applies for UK asylum

• Public prosecutor faces legal action over Cummings' Durham trip

• Fate of $1bn in Venezuelan gold hangs in balance at high court

• Elton John's ex-wife Renate Blauel launches legal action against singer

• Bomb attack kills two human rights workers in Kabul

Year News

• Judge rejects prosecutor bid to drop charges against ‘straight pride’ protesters; defense lawyer handcuffed

• Ban on political robocalls violates First Amendment, 9th Circuit rules

• ‘I carry my experience like a dead body. But this flat means I can start again’

• China theft of technology is biggest law enforcement threat to US, FBI says

• How to develop your horse sense with equine law