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UK-News« Previous EntriesID cards for foreigners from 25 NovemberTuesday, September 2nd, 2008The UK Border Agency has given a start date to compulsory identity cards, for foreign nationals applying to stay in the country as students or through marriage From 25 November, applicants from outside the European Economic Area in these two categories will have to travel to one of six centres to enrol in the National Identity Scheme, which will include having their fingerprints and a photograph taken.... tagged ID-Cards and UK-NewsLabour proposes huge increase in state surveillanceSunday, August 31st, 2008World Socialist Website | In a further escalation of the attack on democratic rights, the Labour government is proposing a huge increase in state surveillance. It is implementing new measures under the pretext of the “war on terror” to intrude ever deeper into the private lives of people who are viewed as potential criminals rather than citizens. As things stand, the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) introduced ... tagged UK-NewsBlair has no right to lecture on the rule of lawSaturday, August 30th, 2008By Inayat Bunglawala | Britain’s foreign secretary, David Miliband, has been lecturing Russia on the need to respect Ukrainian and Georgian sovereignty. He doesn’t seem to realise how incongruous this sounds to much of the world, given Britain’s own disregard of international law. In a similar vein, our former prime minister, Tony Blair, also caused wry smiles earlier this month when he visited Malaysia to give the Universiti ... tagged UK-NewsA UK Window into CIA AbusesThursday, August 28th, 2008Human Rights Watch | This Wednesday, unless the UK foreign secretary takes rapid action, Britain’s High Court will hold a hearing to assess whether the UK government should be ordered to hand over secret documents to lawyers for a Guantanamo detainee. The detainee in question, Binyam Mohamed, faces possible charges of conspiracy and material support for terrorism before a military commission at Guantanamo. Mohamed, an Ethiopian national and ... tagged CIA and UK-NewsRIPA Surveillance Law Misused On MerseysideWednesday, August 27th, 2008By Andrew Brown | HUNDREDS of people across Merseyside have been under surveillance by local authorities using powers under so-called “terror laws”, according to details released under the Freedom of Information Act. An investigation has revealed that organisations ranging from local councils, including Sefton, to Merseytravel have used the powers created by the Government under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (Ripa). The use of the laws by local councils and organisations ... tagged UK-NewsBritain: Security Service “facilitated” torture of Guantánamo detaineeWednesday, August 27th, 2008By Richard Tyler | A London court has ruled that the British government must disclose information that could support the claim that torture was used to extract confessions from Binyam Mohamed, a former British resident who has been held in Guantánamo Bay since September 2004. The ruling by the Judicial Review—a special court that considers the lawfulness of a decision or action made by a public body—is a rebuff to ... tagged Guantanamo and UK-NewsPledge: Refuse To Comply With ID SchemeWednesday, August 27th, 2008From the Blog of Kev: I will refuse to comply with any compulsary ID card scheme. but only if 1,000 other UK people will do the same. Deadline to pledge 31st December 2008, pledge creator Ken Hall 
In light of the government's proven incapability to guarantee the security of personal data and the ...
tagged ID-Cards and UK-NewsWhy can’t energy firms pick up the bill?Wednesday, August 27th, 2008Demands grow for windfall tax as fuel companies rake in record profits Socialist Worker | "British economy grinds to a halt" cried the headlines last weekend. Charles Bean, the deputy governor of the Bank of England, said the current economic downturn could "drag on for some considerable time" – especially since there always seemed to be "another grenade" waiting to explode in the financial markets. "We've got our fingers crossed ... tagged UK-NewsThe Contradiction of Choice from the GovernmentMonday, August 25th, 2008London Progressive Journal | Buzzwords abound in the rhetoric of politicians and never more so than when the talk is of public sector reform. Of the current phrases spewing forth ‘choice’ and ‘empowerment’ are two of the favourites but whose choice and whose empowerment? And while MP’s try to frame these words as synonyms of ‘public benefit’, is choice always a good thing? Health and education are the ... tagged UK-NewsSecurity services colluded in unlawful detentionMonday, August 25th, 2008Open Democracy | In a key intervention in the 42 days debate last month, the former head of MI5, Baroness Manningham-Buller stated: “arguments can be made to justify any time of detention, just as in other countries, although mercifully not here, they can be made to justify any method of interrogation.” That remark elided key questions about how far the security services are complicit in interrogation practices overseas, ... tagged UK-NewsCalls to drop ID card plans after prisoner data blunderSunday, August 24th, 2008The Government was under pressure today to abandon its ID card plans after one of the main firms involved in the project lost thousands of criminals' personal details. The names, addresses and expected release dates of all 84,000 prisoners in England and Wales were on a computer memory stick lost by Home Office external contractor PA Consulting. Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said the loss was "completely unsatisfactory", adding that the information should ... tagged ID-Cards and UK-NewsMI5 report challenges views on terrorism in BritainSunday, August 24th, 2008The Guardian | MI5 has concluded that there is no easy way to identify those who become involved in terrorism in Britain, according to a classified internal research document on radicalisation seen by the Guardian. The sophisticated analysis, based on hundreds of case studies by the security service, says there is no single pathway to violent extremism. It concludes that it is not possible to draw up a ... tagged UK-NewsUK court rules against gov’t in key Guantanamo caseFriday, August 22nd, 2008Reuters - A British court ruled on Thursday that the government must disclose evidence to a defendant being held at Guantanamo Bay, a decision that carried with it implicit criticism of U.S. government detention policies. In its ruling, the High Court said Britain's Foreign Office must provide Binyam Mohamed, a British resident detained in Pakistan in 2002 and now held at Guantanamo, with information relating to his time in detention. His lawyers ... tagged Guantanamo and UK-NewsLondon tube workers hit back at profiteersThursday, August 21st, 2008Socialist Worker | The threat to strike by 1,000 workers at the Tube Lines consortium on the London Underground over pay and conditions this week has won a new offer from bosses as Socialist Worker went to press. Theirs is a battle between those who provide a vital public service and the bosses who make a profit from it. A 72-hour strike is planned from 12 noon on Wednesday of ... tagged UK-NewsBritain’s terror laws have left me and my family shatteredThursday, August 21st, 2008Stop the War Coalition | The UN's committee on human rights has just published a report criticising Britain's anti-terror laws and the resulting curbs on civil liberties. For many commentators the issues raised are mostly a matter of academic abstractions and speculative meanderings. For me, it is anything but. These laws have destroyed my life. On May 14 I was arrested under section 41 of the Terrorism Act - on ... tagged UK-News« Previous Entries |
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