Daily Archives: May 6, 2008 »
The Surveillance Society Does Not Work
By Mick Meaney – RINF | Costing in excess of billions of pounds each year, every single area of the British surveillance society has been proven ill effective when dealing with crime, fraud and
Read More »Government can’t be trusted with our personal information
By Margaret Smith | WE have seen only recently just how incompetent the Government is at keeping our personal information secure. Last year, HM Revenue and Customs lost computer discs containing the personal information
Read More »ID-cards are ‘theft’ of our civil liberties
By Robert and Alison Bell | The indiscriminate invasion of our privacy and the related issue of six weeks’ detention without charge are so serious and far reaching that we should be hammering at
Read More »Iraqi alleges Abu Ghraib torture, sues US contractors
AP | An Iraqi man sued two U.S. military contractors, claiming he was repeatedly tortured while being held at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison for more than 10 months. Emad al-Janabi’s federal lawsuit, filed
Read More »Iran rejects nuclear inspections unless Israel allows them
Associated Press | An Iranian envoy said Monday his government will not submit to extensive nuclear inspections while Israel stays outside the global treaty to curb the spread of atomic weapons. “The existing double
Read More »US Navy Deploys Around Latin America
By Lamia Oualalou | It’s now official: The Pentagon is going to resuscitate its Fourth Fleet, with the mission of patrolling Latin American and Caribbean waters. Created during the Second World War to protect
Read More »Report: U.S. Not as ‘Free’ as Touted
By Betsy Pisik | The U.S. political system is, at best, “a work in progress” according to an evaluation from the pro-democracy group Freedom House, which finds significant flaws in the U.S. criminal justice
Read More »CCTV boom has failed to slash crime, say police
By Owen Bowcott | Massive investment in CCTV cameras to prevent crime in the UK has failed to have a significant impact, despite billions of pounds spent on the new technology, a senior police
Read More »Brian Haw Arrested Again – SOCPA
Rikki – Indymedia | At around 1.30 this afternoon, a community support officer started hassling Aqil Shaerer who is a pro-Palestinian protestor associated with Brian Haw and often around Parliament Square. It is unclear what
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