#YourHumanRights no.5: everyone has the right to liberty and security of person
RightsInfo has produced a great set of posters setting out our human rights and the background to them. … Read the full post »
Read my posts about civil liberties in the UK, and in particular Liberal Democrat campaigning around them.
RightsInfo has produced a great set of posters setting out our human rights and the background to them. … Read the full post »
Liberal Democrats have accused Labour of acting like a “nodding Conservative dog” for giving qualified support to Theresa May’s controversial plans to shake up Britain’s surveillance laws. … Read the full post »
When the Edward Snowden revelations were first published, the knee-jerk response from the government was to play the man and ignore the ball. … Read the full post »
Asked in the House of Commons when the detailed plan for the Government’s “British Bill of Rights” would be made public, Dominic Raab said it would be available soon. … Read the full post »
Mike McConnel, former director of the NSA, Michael Chertoff, former homeland security secretary and William Lynn, former deputy defence secretary, have backed ubiquitous encryption. … Read the full post »
Ross McNutt has a superpower — he can zoom in on everyday life, then rewind and fast-forward to solve crimes in a shutter-flash. But should he? … Read the full post »
There are some intriguing – and from a civil liberties perspective, reassuring – hints in the report of a recent event. … Read the full post »
The Liberal Democrats have launched a public consultation on the planned Digital Rights Bill. … Read the full post »
Police will be told they need a judge’s permission to access journalists’ phone records. … Read the full post »
Theresa May’s propaganda repeatedly says UK spooks always obey the law. We now know two ways they broke law for years. How many more are there? … Read the full post »