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Title: (UK) (MTF) Transsexual prisoner wins right to be in female prison
Post by: Keroppi on September 04, 2009, 12:40:21 PM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8237886.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8237886.stm)
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article6822127.ece (http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article6822127.ece)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/6138325/Transsexual-prisoner-wins-right-to-be-in-female-prison.html (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/6138325/Transsexual-prisoner-wins-right-to-be-in-female-prison.html)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iAht7igfRSlaZOAcbdxZClSpBJ7gD9AGJSI81 (http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iAht7igfRSlaZOAcbdxZClSpBJ7gD9AGJSI81)

"The refusal to move a pre-operative transsexual prisoner from a men's jail to a women's prison is a violation of her human rights, says the High Court. ........."
Title: UK: Transsexual wins prison move ruling
Post by: Natasha on September 04, 2009, 02:39:23 PM
UK: Transsexual wins prison move ruling

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5iPPlv4bmQ21Wj-tP2r2ptZM0Zmgg (http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5iPPlv4bmQ21Wj-tP2r2ptZM0Zmgg)
9/4/09

A transsexual prisoner serving life for manslaughter and attempted rape while she was a man has won a landmark High Court order that she be transferred to a women's prison.

A judge declared the continued detention of "A", who cannot be identified for legal reasons, in a male prison was a disproportionate breach of her human rights and was unlawful and unreasonable.
Title: Re: (UK) (MTF) Transsexual prisoner wins right to be in female prison
Post by: Jay on September 06, 2009, 07:23:30 AM
Human rights actually doing something worth while now!

Jay
Title: Re: (UK) (MTF) Transsexual prisoner wins right to be in female prison
Post by: DarkLady on September 15, 2009, 08:22:27 AM
As I would have been ruled. Not because I would be interested to protect the rights of this paritcular woman but because of these kind of quesions have ''a common law effect''.