Category Archives: Civil liberties

Young adult marriage visa ban: unjust, now unlawful

Supreme Court overturns non-EU young spouses ban (from BBC News) The UK Supreme Court has ruled that a government ban on British citizens bringing spouses under the age of 21 from outside the EU to live in the UK, introduced … Continue reading

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Posted in Civil liberties, Gender, Terrorism, Think tanks | 1 Comment

Facebook troll jailed — why can’t people be adults?

BBC News - Reading man jailed for dead girl 'trolling' insults A man has been jailed for 18 weeks for posting insulting messages on Facebook pages dedicated to young people who had died, in one case a 15-year-old girl who … Continue reading

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Posted in Asperger's / autism, Civil liberties | 2 Comments

Why I support banning the EDL’s march

Of late I’ve seen a number of tweets and blog articles questioning why some “good liberals” suddenly go hard-line when it comes to allowing the English Defence League to have their marches, and start supporting banning them, particularly the one … Continue reading

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Posted in Civil liberties, Far right | 8 Comments

The perils of hosting political content in the UK

Atos moves to shut down criticism | Tentacles of doom (also see Carer Watch) The above article is about how ATOS, the French company hired by the British government to conduct disability assessments, has used legal threats to get a … Continue reading

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Posted in Civil liberties, Disability | 3 Comments

Trafalgar into Tahrir?

Anti-cuts campaigners plan to turn Trafalgar Square into Tahrir Square | World news | guardian.co.uk I am planning to attend the march organised by the Trades Union Congress this coming Saturday (26th March), but I am very uneasy about the … Continue reading

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Posted in Civil liberties, Disability, Economy, Muslim world | 1 Comment

Busybodies and common sense

BBC News - Should a teenager be left to babysit a toddler? Lately I’ve seen a few stories about parents receiving cautions or fines for “child neglect” which consisted of leaving a young child in the company of an older … Continue reading

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Posted in Civil liberties, Crime, Education | 2 Comments

White guy threatens to bomb airport, gets slap on wrist, much whingeing ensues

Last week a guy called Paul Chambers was fined a total of £1,000 (all but £385 of which was either costs or a “victim surcharge”) for posting a tweet threatening to blow up an airport. The guy was delayed at … Continue reading

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Posted in Civil liberties, Media, Terrorism | 3 Comments

To extradite a bed-ridden woman

Earlier today I read that a woman from mid-Wales who is bed-ridden with fibromyalgia and also suffers from Crohn’s disease, epilepsy and depression has been refused an appeal in the High Court against extradition to the USA on charges of … Continue reading

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Posted in Civil liberties, Disability | 12 Comments

Terrorism and privacy

So, once again a terrorist associated with al-Qa’ida has nearly taken out an aeroplane, and governments are scrabbling around trying to find ways to prevent that exact type of attack from ever happening again. This time, we are being threatened … Continue reading

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Posted in Civil liberties, Terrorism | 7 Comments

Henry Porter: from war to police state

Out of Afghanistan, into a police state | Henry Porter | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk Kim Howells had an article published in the Guardian today, in which he recommends that British forces are pulled out of Afghanistan and that … Continue reading

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Posted in Civil liberties, War in Iraq & Afghanistan | Leave a comment

Control orders: try them or release them

Bring these men to trial — or revoke their control orders, from today’s Guardian Afua Hirsch (the Guardian’s legal correspondent) on the recent change of mind regarding a British-Libyan man who had been under a banning order based on evidence … Continue reading

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I’m a photographer, not a terrorist (or a ‘nonce’)

BBC Viewfinder: I’m a photographer… This is all about the problems some photographers have been having taking pictures in ‘sensitive’ locations, particularly in London; these places have also included shopping centres, many of them privately owned even though they appear … Continue reading

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Posted in Civil liberties, Photography | 2 Comments

Gary McKinnon and the Daily Mail crusade

The Daily Mail has recently been running a campaign over several issues to stop the British computer hacker, Gary McKinnon, from being extradited to the USA to face charges over cracking American military and NASA computers. It has printed heartstring-tugging … Continue reading

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Rising anger at police thuggery

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Provincial Tory attacks free speech

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Democracy does not guarantee rights

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Let US clear up Guantanamo mess

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Posted in Civil liberties, War in Iraq & Afghanistan | 1 Comment

Why “Rights & Responsibilities” is bunk

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Who are the real traitors?

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Rape campaigners oppose anonymous testimony

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