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Beijing To Use 10,000 Internet Spies
RINF NEWS Beijing authorities are set to ramp up monitoring of Internet usage as the city plans to hire at least 10,000 censors to keep an eye out for “harmful” websites and content. The Chinese Government are also attempting to
Read More »Al Qaeda leader arrested over Sunni MP’s killing
Iraqi police arrested a top Al-Qaeda operative on Wednesday over the killing of a senior Sunni Muslim MP and human rights advocate who was shot dead in a Baghdad mosque last week. The
Read More »The True Story Behind Pyschology’s Role in Torture?
A seventeen-year-old boy is locked in an interrogation cell in Guantanamo. He breaks down crying and says he wants his family. The interrogator senses the boy is psychologically vulnerable and consults with a psychologist.
Read More »Police Abusing Anti-Terror Laws
RINF NEWS Today it has been reported that British police have been abusing anti-terror laws on members of the public in order to provide “racial balance” in stop and search statistics under Section 44 of
Read More »Report Finds Government Big Brother Plans Overly Intrusive
RINF NEWS A new study from experts at the London School of Economics (LSE) has found that government plans to monitor our Internet communications could cause a massive burden on networks and has been called overly
Read More »EU needs to tell the truth about renditions
It is welcome that EU governments have at last agreed to heed the call issued by the European parliament five months ago to take in some released Guantánamo prisoners, even if it took them
Read More »Scientology Broadcasts TV Ad
RINF NEWS The Church of Scientology is broadcasting a TV advert aimed at re-branding the group, who are often accused of human rights violations including child abuse and conspiracy to murder. The Church of Scientology are buying
Read More »Companies Warned Not To Sign ID Card Contracts
RINF NEWS The controversial and unpopular ID card scheme, due to be implimented by 2012, might never see the light of day according to the Shadow Home Secretary, Chris Grayling. Mr Grayling has contacted five companies
Read More »Empty Evidence: The Stories Of The Saudis Released From Guantanamo
At the end of a hectic week at Guantánamo, which saw the Obama administration overcome its previous inability to release prisoners (just two were released from January to May), it was announced that, following
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