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1. Article · Sep 6, 2026 · Geoffrey Robertson

   Sir Andrew Nicol obituary (opens the original)

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   Barrister and judge with one of the finest minds available to immigrants and journalists in peril in the courts Sir Andrew Nicol, who has died aged 75, did much to enhance the defence of civil liberties as a barrister and academic, before his appointment as a high court judge in 2009. In that capacity he is mainly remembered for his calm and careful stewardship of Johnny Depp’s libel suit in 2020 against the publishers of the Sun newspaper after their article suggested Depp had assaulted his for

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2. Article · Aug 20, 2026 · Geoffrey Robertson

   Zomi Frankcom did not deserve to die. Israel’s refusal to investigate her death and its failure to apologise is despicable | Geoffrey Robertson (opens the original)

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   The Israeli ambassador has claimed ‘a court came to a decision that there’s no criminal liability’ but there is no evidence that any court has been involved Zomi Frankcom did not deserve to die. She and her six colleagues were traveling in a clearly marked humanitarian convoy to distribute food to starving Palestinians on a route that had been communicated well in advance to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). It bombed them deliberately and repeatedly. Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Net

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