Daily Archives: November 28, 2008 »
CCTV Judges Your Behaviour
Via anonymous email Portsmouth introduces CCTV cameras that can ‘identify’ suspicious behaviour and alert their operators As an MP is reportedly arrested for trying to leak information in the public interest, and royal assent
Read More »‘Historic’ UK climate laws ushered in
Three laws aimed at fighting climate change come into force in Britain today. by JOEL TAYLOR The legislation provides the world’s first legally binding targets for a country to reduce carbon emissions. Its aim
Read More »No More Shop till You Drop
By Ruth Conniff | Black Friday is only a day away, and it doesn’t look good for retailers. A front-page story in The New York Times, “To Buy Children’s Gifts, Mothers Do Without,” describes
Read More »Iraq: Security pact ‘puts detainees at risk of torture’
Baghdad, 27 Nov. (AKI) – Thousands of Iraqis detained by US forces will be at risk of torture or even execution if they are handed over to the Iraqi authorities, top rights Amnesty International
Read More »You Cannot Pardon a Crime You Authorized
Statement from the Steering Committee for the Prosecution for War Crimes of President Bush and His Subordinates Never before has a president pardoned himself or his subordinates for crimes he authorized. The closest thing
Read More »Lord Bingham says Iraq invasion was a violation of international law
By Robert Stevens | Lord Bingham used the occasion of his first major speech since his retirement as a senior law lord to describe the 2003 invasion of Iraq as “serious violation of international
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