One of the most enjoyable meetings I’ve been to. Theme: Gay Rights (or, too often, the lack of rights) around the world. We split into four groups to discuss, separately, the situation in Serbia, Lithuania, Jamaica and Uganda. Problems range from contentious anti-homosexual legislation being discussed in Uganda (including punishments for not reporting gay people [...]
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Posted in civil liberties, human rights on February 13, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Unreliable Evidence
Posted in civil liberties, tagged civil liberties, Media, protest on May 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
An interesting debate today on Radio 4′s ‘Unreliable Evidence’ programme about the right to protest, contraversial police tactics such as ‘kettling’ and whether protests are an effective form of political debate. I suppose that at least in this country we have the luxury of debating the details of protest, rather than having to fight for [...]
ID Cards
Posted in border agency, civil liberties, home office, id cards on November 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today also marks the Home Office’s first phase of the introduction of ID Cards. The initial three month pilot will be aimed at Non-EC Nationals staying in the UK for six months or more and will be rolled out over a three year period. From next year it will be rolled out to extend to [...]
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