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What is the future of our protest rights?
Why is a Labour government trying to resurrect Tory anti-protest powers that the courts found to be unlawful?
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While everyone watches the elections, the government pushes discriminatory new policing measures
Border control measures are being imposed on virtually every area of life in Britain
Who watches the watchmen?: the case for surveillance juries
On Monday the shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper gave a speech at demos.
Let’s hope the US electorate remembers the PRISM fiasco when the 2016 primaries commence
The United States of America is not one for letting things go. So when Edward Snowden - a 29-year old CIA employee seconded to the NSA - leaked classified information on highly-secretive surveillance systems, he will have known that his days of anonymity and free-living were numbered.
Cuts to legal aid will see people priced out of justice
The truth is we will all be worse off if these proposals become law. The prospect of legal intervention is the surest way of securing a society where respect for human rights, equality and due process guides the behaviour of our decision-makers. This botched attempt to get justice on the cheap would put justice out of reach for all but the most powerful.
The Snoopers’ Charter would turn a nation of citizens into a nation of suspects
Whilst blanket surveillance will inevitably bring some law enforcement gains, monitoring of an entire population smacks of authoritarianism, and will undermine the proud reputation for liberty we have developed as the oldest unbroken democracy in the world.