Undercover Policing Inquiry
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Spycops political policing: Starmer, sexual assault and serious crimes
The Undercover Policing Inquiry is back this week, to hear much delayed evidence about some of the most controversial events in the history of the highly criticised spycops unit, the Special Demonstration Squad (SDS). Live hearings begin this Monday, 21 October, at 2pm, and will look at deployments from 1983-1992. Continue reading
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Spycops Public Inquiry report, week 2
The second week of the Undercover Policing Inquiry has been shocking and frustrating. We’ve heard harrowing testimony from women deceived into relationships by undercover officers, accounts of racism and discrimination – and also attempts at justification from police lawyers. Continue reading
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Revealed: UK police spy who infiltrated Palestine solidarity By Asa Winstanley
The Electronic Intifada is publishing the first photos of the police spy who infiltrated a Palestine solidarity group in the UK 15 years ago. As we reported in December, the spy was an officer with the “anti-terrorist” Special Demonstration Squad. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 