Under proposals unveiled last week, police may gain the power to shut down websites with nothing more than an email. Nominet is the umbrella body the manages all domain names ending in uk (ie .co.uk and .org.uk). Following a request from the Serious Organised Crime Agency, they are considering adjusting the terms under which they [...]
Notice anything odd about this police officer? He caught my attention because he had covered up his identifying numbers with what appeared to be black tape. As you can clearly see they are not visible. When I asked him why I was repeatedly met with a stony silence. After Ian Tomlinson was attacked by a [...]
Saturday’s anti-EDL demonstration in Bolton has attracted a great deal of comment around the blogosphere and in the media. Much of it nasty, outright lies and smears, some of it genuine debate about the kind of tactics we need in the future. I’m not going to comment much on the discussion of tactics right now [...]
Reports emerged yesterday that a heavily bleeding woman was prevented from leaving April’s G20 protests after being violently pushed back by police officers with shields. It is the latest in a string of reports of serious police misconduct and brutality on the demonstration which saw newspaper vendor Ian Tomlinson die after he was struck by [...]
For years now, the authoritarianism of the Labour government has enabled the Conservatives to pose as champions of civil liberties. Yet recent comments by shadow home secretary Chris Grayling illustrate how superficial such commitments really are. In a speech the other day Grayling billed his new proposals – in words to make Daily Mail readers [...]
This report by the Guardian on police surveillance tactics during last August’s climate camp makes for chilling reading for protesters and journalists alike…
