Category Great Britain / UK
Letter of Response to the Supreme Court regarding the detention on remand of Julian Assange – Aklagarmyndigheten
The Prosecutor-General is of the opinion that Julian Assange should continue to be detained in his absence, however would endorse the Supreme Court’s adjudication on the question. Given the fact that Julian Assange has appealed the detention on remand from the Svea Court of Appeal, the Prosecutor-General, on request, has submitted a letter of response […]
UK Police Deem Snowden Leak Investigation a State Secret – The Intercept
The Met said the information requested may have been “supplied by, or concerning, certain security bodies” that don’t have to abide by normal transparency requirements, such as the secretive surveillance agency Government Communications Headquarters, or GCHQ. The Met also claimed that it “would not be in the public interest” to reveal basic information about the […]
UK Police Say Three Schoolgirls Who Traveled to the Islamic State Will Not Face Terror Charges | VICE News
Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe made the pledge as he was grilled by a parliamentary committee following revelations that police had been speaking to the teenagers after one of their friends traveled out to Syria in December — but failed to inform their families. VICE News reported last week that police had spoken twice to Shamima Begum, 15, […]
PressTV-UK report reveals mass illegal spying
“What this report demonstrates is that the investigating committee is more or less a mouthpiece for our spies. But they said something which is extraordinary stupid to me. They have said: “Because our intelligence agencies collect a vast amount of data but only see and read a small fraction. That does not constitute mass surveillance”. […]
MPs ‘dismayed’ that police continue to compile database of faces | Technology | The Guardian
In a report into use of biometric data, the Commons Science and Technology Committee said it was “dismayed” to learn that more than 12m photographs had been entered into the Police National Database without proper testing or oversight. It also noted that current practice appeared to flout a high court ruling from 2012 that said […]
On the blacklist: how did the UK’s top building firms get secret information on their workers? | UK news | The Guardian
For 16 years the Consulting Association compiled a secret database on thousands of construction workers. The files in this shabby two-room office had names, addresses and National Insurance numbers, comments by managers, newspaper clippings. The organisation acted as a covert vetting service funded by the industry. When people applied for work on building sites, senior […]
David Cameron has no answer to tax-dodging allegations | Vox Political
Cameron didn’t have an answer, so relied on diversion instead: “I saw that list just before coming to Prime Minister’s questions. One of the people named is the Labour donor, Lord Paul, who funded Gordon Brown’s election campaign.”Mr Miliband tried a different tack: “None of those people has given a penny [to the Labour Party] […]
CIA Tortured People on British Territory / Sputnik US – News, Opinion, Radio
“No one has indicated there was a detention site there, not in so many words,” Wilkerson told VICE. “What they indicated is that interrogations took place there.” “What I heard was more along the lines of using it as a transit location when perhaps other places were full or other places were deemed too dangerous […]
‘On the runs’ letters key to Peace Process – Blair – The Scotsman
However, he added: “But I am not going to apologise for sending those letters to those who should have received those letters because without having done that we would not have a Northern Ireland peace process in place today.” However, despite constant probing from MPs, Mr Blair insisted that the letters to on the runs […]
Police investigate 3 murders in alleged Westminster pedophile inquiry — RT UK
Detective Superintendent Kenny McDonald, who is leading the investigation, made a public plea for witnesses on Thursday. “I appeal to men who were subjected to abuse 30 years ago to come forward. We are also investigating the murder of three young boys – we are determined to find answers.” Much of the information currently available […]
U.S. lawsuit claims Prince Andrew slept with underage ‘sex slave’ | canada.com
Epstein, a disgraced hedge fund mogul who is registered as a sex offender, is being sued by women who say he loaned them out as sex slaves to his rich and powerful friends more than a decade ago, including Prince Andrew. According to The Guardian, the Duke of York was named in a motion by […]
Justice blindfolded? The case of Jimmy Mubenga | openDemocracy
On 16 December three G4S guards were acquitted of the manslaughter of Jimmy Mubenga, who died on 12 October 2010 under restraint on a plane during his deportation to Angola. Terrence Hughes, Colin Kaler and Stuart Tribelnig had been on trial at the Old Bailey for manslaughter by gross negligence, on the basis that they […]
Jimmy Mubenga’s widow shocked as security guards cleared of manslaughter | UK news | The Guardian
Terrence Hughes, 53, Colin Kaler, 52 and Stuart Tribelnig, 39, worked for G4S on contract to the Home Office, and were accused of manslaughter by forcing the 46-year-old father’s head down and restricting his breathing as a British Airways flight prepared to take off at Heathrow airport on 12 October 2010. A jury at the […]
Police to be given new powers to seize Internet data – ITV News
Home Secretary Theresa May said the measure would boost national security. She said: “The Bill provides the opportunity to resolve the very real problems that exist around IP resolution and is a step in the right direction towards bridging the overall communications data capability gap. “It is a matter of national security and we must […]
UK Muslim Groups Take Schedule 7 Terror Law To The Supreme Court | CAGE
Schedule 7 was thrust into the spotlight last August when it was used to detain David Miranda, the Brazilian partner of a Guardian journalist, as he transited London’s Heathrow Airport on his way home to Rio de Janeiro. Mr Miranda was interrogated by six officers and his laptop, mobile phone, video game, and memory cards […]
‘Establishment child abuse’ dossier has vanished, official review concludes – Politics – News – London Evening Standard
But the Standard understands it has been unable to uncover crucial missing files including the dossier handed to the Home Office by former Tory MP Geoffrey Dickens. The documents are believed to contain the names of MPs and police officers who were suspected of being child abusers.A Whitehall review last year found no evidence that […]
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