Liberties
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The worst U-turn on vaccine passes
You can’t have missed the news that the Government wants to make vaccine passes mandatory from September for large gatherings, without even the option of a test as an alternative. The front pages have been filled with Government threats confirming our worst fears – access to nightclubs, sports events, and even universities could be restricted… Continue reading
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BREAKING: Vaccine passes to be mandatory!
The Prime Minister has just announced that vaccine passports are to be mandatory from September for nightclubs and large events. This means that not only will the NHS Covid Pass be mandatory – but tests will no longer be an option on them. Only the vaccinated will be admitted entry to events. Continue reading
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Statewatch: Call for expressions of interest
STATE DATABASES, BIOMETRICS, POLICING AND MIGRATION CONTROL As part of our ongoing work on the development and deployment of biometric technologies for policing and migration control, we are organising two workshops in October this year. Continue reading
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Resisting new police powers – what next for #KillTheBill campaigners?
In the end, every member of the governing party in the House of Commons voted for the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill in its entirety. Continue reading
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URGENT MANDATED VACCINES – CALL TO ACTION
Today the Government have snuck a Statutory Instrument onto the program of the day that would mandate vaccines for all care home workers. This would include not only the staff looking after the residents but also all cooks, cleaners, handy men and so on. This would result in thousands of people being forced to have the vaccine… Continue reading
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Meet Jigsaw: Google’s Intelligence Agency
It’s no secret that Google regularly collaborates with intelligence agencies. They are a known NSA subcontractor. They launched Google Earth using a CIA spy satellite network. Continue reading
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BID’s response to the Nationality and Borders Bill
As our team digest the Nationality and Borders Bill and its dire implications for human rights we join many others in expressing our extreme dismay at the proposition of such a cruel and unworkable immigration bill. Continue reading
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Assange Extradition: British High Court Grants US A Limited Appeal
The High Court of Justice in the United Kingdom agreed to hear the United States government’s appeal in the extradition case against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange but on limited grounds. Continue reading
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UK: Freedom’s coming home – we’re winning…
3 July 2021 — Big Brother Watch We have a lot to catch up on… Let’s start with some good news. Covid Passes could be on the way out! Multiple reports suggest that venues will be able to reopen from July 19 aka ‘Freedom Day’ without you having to produce unnecessary and deeply unfair Covid Passes. Continue reading
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Proposal for ‘Code for the Policing of Protest’ is Netpol’s Charter in all but name
An Inquiry report published today by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Democracy and the Constitution has endorsed the demand – by local and national organisations and tens of thousands of members of the public who have supported Netpol’s Charter for Freedom of Assembly Rights – for clear guidelines on the way protests are policing. Continue reading
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A ‘duty of candour’ must extend to the policing of protests
Last week’s condemnation of proposed government restrictions on protests in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill as “oppressive and wrong” by the Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) has somewhat overshadowed its call for greater openness and transparency over the way the police impose restrictions on protests. Continue reading
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i News – Gov’t accused of introducing national ID cards via ‘backdoor’ after Covid Pass contract
The Government has been accused of introducing national ID cards via ‘backdoor’ after a company that was awarded a Covid pass contract bragged about ‘redeploying’ them into a national ID programme. Continue reading
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Assange Prosecution Relied On False Testimony From A Diagnosed Sociopath And Convicted Pedophile
The Icelandic newspaper Stundin reports that a key witness in the US prosecution of Julian Assange has admitted in an interview with the outlet that he fabricated critical accusations in the indictment against the WikiLeaks founder. Continue reading
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Snowden declares ‘end of case against Julian Assange’ after newspaper reveals LIES by key witness in US extradition case
Key accusations in the case against WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange, who faces up to 175 years in prison if extradited to the US, are reportedly based on testimony from a convicted fraudster who admitted to media he was lying. Continue reading
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Illegal DNRs, ventilators and involuntary euthanasia
The rise in the use of Do Not Resuscitate orders (DNRs), and the suggestion that patients are being compelled to sign them, or even having them signed on their behalf in secret, has been one of the more concerning narratives to come out of the last year of “pandemic”. Continue reading
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GPDPR – An Open Letter to GP Practices
GPs are raising the alarm about plans to make 55 million NHS patients’ data available to corporations for profit. A group of GPs in East London are taking action to withhold the data and protect the privacy of their patients by refusing to share data from their Practice. They’re encouraging medical practitioners throughout England to… Continue reading
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New protest restrictions breach human rights, say MPs and peers
A legislative scrutiny report on the public order section of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, published today by the Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR), a parliamentary committee made up MPs and peers, says proposed restrictions on protests are “inconsistent with our human rights and… deeply concerning.” Continue reading
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Assange Is Still in Jail
Julian Assange remains in a maximum security jail, despite never being sentenced for anything but a long ago served spell for bail-jumping, and despite the US Government’s request for extradition having been refused. Continue reading
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An Essential Journey My experience of international travel in Covid times
I had not planned to travel abroad this year, especially after the UK government’s announcement in early 2021 that foreign holidays were forbidden. Even heading towards the airport with an intent to go on a foreign holiday could result in a £5000 fine or imprisonment! Surreal. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 