Liberties
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“Death of a Demonstrator in London Was Not So ‘Natural’: Police Provoked Confrontations” by YVKE Mundial with Pueblos Sin Fronteras
Activists interviewed by an alternative journalism collective Pueblos Sin Fronteras reported that the police provocation made the protests violent, penning demonstrators in separate corrals and preventing them from moving for hours, without access to water, food, or restrooms. This may explain the collapse of a citizen who died this Wednesday while the demonstrators were being… Continue reading
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Baton charges and kettling: police’s G20 crowd control tactics under fire
Police tactics of containing thousands of people for several hours at the Bank of England protests and using batons against climate camp protesters were condemned yesterday as an infringement of the right to demonstrate. Continue reading
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Indymedia London: Video of police attack on G20 climate camp
This short film shows the campers calling out “this is not a riot” and holding their arms in the air, while riot police surge forward wielding batons and shields in an unprovoked attack. Bikes, tents and personal belongings were damaged and lost in the attack. Continue reading
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The Criminalization of Everyday Life By Robert Neuwirth
Welcome to the ugly underside of the zero-tolerance era, where insignificant rule violations get inflated into criminal infractions. Continue reading
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Who’s the popinjay? By Eric Walberg
Though denying the charge that he financially supports Hamas, Galloway is otherwise treating the matter tongue-in-cheek. In a press release, he pointed out: “In 2006 [Kenney] addressed a rally of the so called People’s Mujahideen of Iran, a Waco-style cult, banned in the European Union as a terrorist organisation… Being banned by such a man… Continue reading
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What is the point of Hazel Blears? By Yvonne Ridley
The MCB will not be dictated to by Hazel Blears. We do not take orders from Ms Blears. She is mistaken if she thinks the MCB will dismiss people at her say-so.” Continue reading
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Trying Again to Stop Torture: My Formal Statement for the Joint Committee on Human Rights By Craig Murray
In the meeting, Sir Michael Wood told me that it was not illegal for us to obtain intelligence from torture, provided someone else did the torture. Continue reading
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The Martyrdom Of Mordechai Vanunu By Eileen Fleming
I am asking the committee to remove my name from the nominations…I cannot be part of a list of laureates that includes Simon Peres…Peres established and developed the atomic weapon program in Dimona in Israel…Peres was the man who ordered [my] kidnapping…he continues to oppose my freedom and release…WHAT I WANT IS FREEDOM AND ONLY… Continue reading
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UK Revealed: police databank on thousands of protesters Paul Lewis and Marc Vallée
Films and details of campaigners and journalists may breach Human Rights Act http://widgets.vodpod.com/w/video_embed/Groupvideo.2187361 Shocking footage shot by police, accompanied by their own critical commentary, shows how their officers monitored campaigners and the media – and demanded personal information – at last August’s climate camp demonstration in Kent Continue reading
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War Comes Home to Britain By John Pilger
There is so much more that the erosion of liberal freedoms is symptomatic of an evolved criminal state. The haven for Russian oligarchs, together with corruption of the tax and banking systems and of once-admired public services such as the Post Office, is one side of the coin; the other is the invisible carnage of… Continue reading
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Police State: Liberty groups unite to defend UK rights
The government and the courts are collaborating in slicing away freedoms and pushing Britain to the brink of becoming a ‘database’ police state, a series of sold-out conferences in eight British cities heard yesterday. Continue reading
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Sign the Petition against new (UK) Home Office restrictions on non-EU artists and academics visiting the UK for talks, exhibitions, concerts or artists’ residencies
Visitors now have to submit to a series of arduous and expensive procedures to get their visa, and then more bureaucratic controls when they are in the UK. Continue reading
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Secret police unit set up to spy on British ‘domestic extremists’ By Jason Lewis
The Confidential Intelligence Unit (CIU) has the power to operate across the UK and will mount surveillance and run informers on ‘domestic extremists’. Continue reading
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David Halpin – Requiem for principle and law in Britain
How many citizens of this sceptred isle even know of Friends of Israel, let alone which member is an acolyte when he or she is speaking on Palestine. Continue reading
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UK military officer suspected of leaking secret Afghanistan data to rights group
Human Rights Watch has published very specific data related to civilian casualties in Afghanistan, which US and NATO forces feel undermines their efforts there. Continue reading
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No to the database state! Spam Home Secretary Jacqui Smith for one day!
A Facebook protest against the government’s planned £12 billion ‘super database’ of electronic communications has called on people to forward all their emails to Home Secretary Jacqui Smith for one day. Continue reading
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A ‘Police State’ Celebrates by Nora Barrows-Friedman
The Israeli government is stepping up efforts to suppress dissent and crush resistance in the streets. Police have been videotaping the demonstrations and subsequently arresting protesters in large numbers. Continue reading
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Wikileaks: Secret Gag Orders “UK undermines core Western values”
This month saw a secret UK court hearing, with secret participants, produce a secret order to secretly gag the population, the terms of which are secret and the revelation of which is punishable by upto 15 years of imprisonment. Continue reading
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Take Jane
Fans of ID cards often say, if you’ve done nothing wrong you have nothing to fear. They are naive. Continue reading
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The murder of Jean Charles de Menezes: Statement from the family
“Today is a very important day for our family and campaign for justice. We have spoken to Jean’s family in Brazil and they like us feel vindicated by the jury’s verdict. The jury’s verdict is a damning indictment of the multiple failures of the police and the lies they told. It is clear from the Continue reading
The New Dark Age 