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G20 protestors consider legal action
A group of G20 protestors claiming to have been the victims of overly aggressive police tactics are considering taking legal action against the Metropolitan police, reports suggest. Legal representatives for a group of climate
Read More »Soldiers protected by human rights laws
British troops are protected by human rights laws even while fighting overseas, according to a landmark judgment Monday centred on a soldier who died of heatstroke in Iraq. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) said
Read More »Street CCTV has little effect on crime
The Guardian | The use of closed-circuit television in city and town centres and public housing estates does not have a significant effect on crime, according to Home Office-funded research to be distributed to
Read More »TSSI raises concern over ID card scheme
Identity specialist TSSI has branded the new government-led ID card scheme to launch in Manchester as premature. In a speech made today, (covered in the BBC article ‘Manchester launch for ID cards’) Home Secretary
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