Daily Archives: December 3, 2008 »
Police turn on anti-government Facebookers
By Zoran Radosavljevic | Croatian police have detained and questioned web activists who are criticizing or ridiculing the government, media and the opposition say, accusing authorities of violating basic civil rights. Media said on
Read More »Feds to Judge: Don’t ‘Second Guess’ Bush Domestic Spy Program
By David Kravets The Bush administration on Tuesday urged a federal judge to dismiss lawsuits against the nation’s telecommunications companies accused of complying with the government’s once-secret spy program adopted in the wake of
Read More »ID cards are not voluntary
When the Government introduced its ID card legislation several years ago, it made one thing clear. Even though it would be obligatory to register on the ID database when obtaining a new passport, it
Read More »Human rights abuses ongoing in Iraq
Improvements in general security have not ended serious human rights abuses in Iraq, a United Nations report has claimed. The UN assistance mission in Iraq said the first half of 2008 had seen alleged
Read More »64,000 DNA samples from our children – This needs to be stopped
Western Mail | THE debate over privacy and the rights of the individual against those of society at large has been given a fresh twist this week with the arrest of an MP and
Read More »Anti-ID Card Protesters Arrested
By Nick Ward | POLICE made a dozen arrests after a group of anarchists staged a protest at the Home Office buildings in Sheffield. Members of the Anarchists’ Federation arrived at Vulcan House in
Read More »How Many Americans Died Because of Bush’s Torture Program?
Harpers — According to a special operations intelligence officer, the answer is a number north of three thousand–not counting the tens of thousands maimed or seriously wounded, the destruction of the nation’s reputation as
Read More »Thai court dismisses the government
By Peter Symonds | In a highly political decision, Thailand’s Constitutional Court effectively sacked the government yesterday by dissolving the ruling People Power Party (PPP) and two of its coalition partners. Anti-government protests that
Read More »In Courtroom Showdown, Bush Demands Amnesty for Spying Telecoms
By David Kravets | SAN FRANCISCO — The Bush administration on Tuesday will try to convince a federal judge to let stand a law granting retroactive legal immunity to the nation’s telecoms, which are
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