“Government surveillance has not kept up with sites like Twitter and Facebook, according to a former head of the UK’s intelligence centre GCHQ.”
BBC News, 24th April 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A former Libyan dissident who was abducted and flown to one of Muammar Gaddafi’s prisons in a so-called rendition operation mounted with the help of MI6 has started legal proceedings against Jack Straw, who was British foreign secretary at the time.”
The Guardian, 18th April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Today was one of striking parallels between the USA and the UK in terms of litigation concerned with access to information.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 12th April 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“In 2004, Fatima Bouchar and her husband, Abdel Hakim Belhaj, were detained en route to the UK, and rendered to Libya. This is the story of their imprisonment, and the trail of evidence that reveals the involvement of the British government.”
The Guardian, 8th April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Ministers are preparing to pay substantial compensation to a senior military commander in the new Libyan government who was abducted and sent to Libya at the request of Colonel Gaddafi eight years ago.”
The Independent, 10th April 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The justice secretary, Ken Clarke, has defended proposals to create a new generation of secret courts in the face of criticism from Nick Clegg and parliament’s human rights committee, saying the plans will make the system more accountable and more conducive to intelligence sharing with other countries.”
The Guardian, 4th April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“It’s pretty hard to do anything these days without someone knowing what you’re up to. The minutiae of our lives can be pieced together by hundreds of different agencies tracking our health, spending habits, travel, requests for credit checks, presence at work, absence from work, arrival at the gym, our children’s education – the list is extensive. So why is it that the current proposals for government monitoring of email and web use are causing such a fuss?”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 3rd April 2012
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“New legislation that would enable a UK intelligence agency to monitor data from internet communications in real time without a warrant could be challenged at EU level unless other privacy safeguards limit the scope of that monitoring, an expert has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 3rd April 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“The home secretary has defended government plans to extend the powers of the security services to monitor the public’s email, telephone calls and social media communications against growing criticism, insisting they are vital to catch paedophiles, terrorists and other criminals.”
The Guardian, 3rd April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man deemed likely to help try to kill a Russian politician on Britain’s streets has been allowed to return to the UK to fight to stay in the country.”
The Independent, 2nd April 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The independent reviewer of terrorism legislation has said there is a ‘small but indeterminate category of national security-related claims’ in which a closed hearing would be preferable to existing court procedures.”
The Guardian, 21st March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Civilian staff at GCHQ risk being prosecuted for war crimes as a result of a legal action being launched tomorrow over the alleged use of British intelligence in the CIA’s ‘targeted killing’ programme.”
The Guardian, 11th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Intelligence chiefs will be questioned in public for the first time to ensure that the secret services cannot escape the scrutiny of ‘open democracy’, a leading MP said yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th February 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Ministers and the intelligence services will be able to cover up sensitive information relating to the state’s complicity in torture and secret rendition, under controversial plans likely to be included in the Queen’s Speech in May.”
The Guardian, 11th February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Two prominent Libyan dissidents are suing a former senior MI6 officer in a move which could expose the role of ministers in the men’s abduction to Tripoli, where they say they were tortured by Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s secret police.”
The Guardian, 31st January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The expansion of secret hearings into the civil courts, proposed by the government as a means of protecting national security, will deprive individuals of the right to a fair trial, a parliamentary select committee has been warned.”
The Guardian, 24th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The judge-led inquiry into the UK’s alleged role in the torture and rendition of detainees after the 9/11 attacks, already boycotted by most human rights groups, has been scrapped by the government. The surprise decision to abandon the investigation led by Sir Peter Gibson into MI5 and MI6 officers’ participation, which carried out only preparatory research, was announced in parliament by the justice secretary, Ken Clarke.”
The Guardian, 18th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A controversial inquiry into allegations of wrongdoing by the UK’s security services is being scrapped.”
BBC News, 18th January 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“British spies are expected to find out whether they will face charges over their alleged complicity in the torture of terror suspects.”
The Guardian, 12th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The parliamentary watchdog for Britain’s spies is lobbying the government to introduce sweeping curbs that could prevent UK courts from examining intelligence material.
Proposals by the intelligence and security committee (ISC), brought to light by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, go beyond measures proposed by the government, which the ISC says ‘do not go far enough’.”
The Guardian, 6th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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