David Cameron is under pressure to deliver on a promise to reform the Human Rights Act following the disclosure that the foreign-born murderer of Philip Lawrence has been arrested on suspicion of another violent attack. via Philip Lawrence’s widow urges reform of human rights laws after killer Learco Chindamo recalled […]
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Liberty: The fight that is never done
Yesterday, I heard someone support control orders. This video from Liberty seems an apposite response: And on 10 Jun 2009, via Liberty responds to control order judgment. Today the House of Lords ruled unanimously that the government has violated Article 6 of the Human Rights Act which protects the right […]
Read MoreBritain condoned torture, UN finds
Britain has been condemned in a highly critical United Nations report for breaching basic human rights and “trying to conceal illegal acts” in the fight against terrorism. The report is sharply critical of British co-operation in the transfer of detainees to places where they are likely to be tortured as […]
Read MoreConservativeHome’s Platform: Dominic Raab: Exposing this Government’s assault on our historic liberties
As Britain braces itself for recession, it faces another – surreptitious, but no less serious – crisis of confidence. Our liberal democracy is based on individual freedom, the rule of law and parliamentary democracy. Yet, since 1997, the government has wrought a seismic shift in the relationship between the citizen […]
Read MoreBrown adviser: Labour’s rights record dismal
Lord Lester, a Liberal Democrat and distinguished human rights lawyer, quit as the prime minister’s adviser on constitutional reform a month ago. In a scathing attack yesterday, he revealed for the first time how he felt tethered by the government, describing its record on human rights as “dismal and deeply […]
Read MoreMI5 criticised for role in case of torture, rendition and secrecy
MI5 participated in the unlawful interrogation of a British resident now held in Guantánamo Bay, the high court found yesterday in a judgment raising serious questions about the conduct of Britain’s security and intelligence agencies. read more | digg story
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