Daily Archives: July 2, 2009 »
CIA torture report delayed again
The US Justice Department is again delaying the release of an internal CIA report on the agency’s secret detention and interrogation program during the Bush administration. The report had been expected to be made
Read More »MoD faces Afghan civilian death pay-outs
The Ministry of Defence has paid out, or is considering, compensation in relation to at least 104 civilian deaths allegedly caused by the British Army in Afghanistan over the last 18 months, it has
Read More »The UK DNA database needs proper scrutiny
Last December the European Court of Human Rights decided in S and Marper v The United Kingdom that the retention by the State of DNA profiles is a breach of Article 8 of the
Read More »Israel’s war crimes not “collateral damage”
Israel sought to defend itself Thursday against the latest accusations by a major international organization that it committed war crimes against people in Gaza, claiming that the Islamist group Hamas manipulated the group responsible
Read More »Big brother is watching
The furore around the Chinese government’s Green Dam software has raised the issue of the way modern technology is used to monitor our daily lives. Here, we list seven of the technologies that can
Read More »Mandelson says No U-turn on ID cards
Home secretary Alan Johnson’s pledge that the government will not make ID cards compulsory is not a U-turn on policy, according to first secretary Lord Mandelson. The business minister said the government had “always
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