Prejudice Rules

LRB Contributors: After Roe v. Wade, 21 July 2022

... seeks to lobby for or against abortion. What is known as the ‘global gag rule’ instituted by Ronald Reagan bars foreign NGOs that benefit from US assistance from providing abortion services, even if they’re not using US funding.The US suppression of abortion abroad has resulted in thousands of deaths each year. These regulations establish a relation ...

Criminal Justice

Ronan Bennett, 24 June 1993

... team, the three detectives had not been cautioned. On 11 June 1991 the stipendiary magistrate, Ronald Bartle, upheld the application and dismissed the case. The following month, the DPP sought leave for judicial review of Bartle’s decision; this the High Court granted in October. In January 1992 the High Court reversed Bartle’s decision and the charges ...

The Satoshi Affair

Andrew O’Hagan, 30 June 2016

... shirt under a black jacket, a pair of blue chinos, a belt with a large Armani buckle and very green socks, wasn’t the kind of guy who seems comfortable in a swish restaurant. He sat across from me and lowered his head and at first he let MacGregor do the talking. Ramona was very friendly, chatting about their time in London as if they were a couple of ...