‘Two police officers accused of spying on the sister of a former paratrooper who was unlawfully killed in police custody have been cleared by a disciplinary panel.’
The Guardian, 1st March 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Here in the Royal Courts of Justice we are listening for crumbs of information about the officers who used and abused us. But nothing is revealed.’
The Guardian, 21st November 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Women who were deceived into sexual relationships with undercover police officers have called for an urgent meeting with the home secretary over fears the official public inquiry lacks openness and fails to recognise claims of institutional sexism within the Metropolitan police.’
The Guardian, 19th September 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A solicitor and barrister who act for an anti-asbestos campaign are in a legal battle over what confidential and privileged information was passed on by a supposed TV documentary maker who was actually placed in the campaign to spy on its activities.’
Legal Futures, 20th February 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) is investigating accusations a top police unit deleted a mass of files shortly after the announcement of a major probe that was to look into its activities.’
The Independent, 9th February 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Britain’s spies should be allowed to continue harvesting large amounts of data from emails, the government’s reviewer of terror legislation said.’
BBC News, 19th August 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Reports of the corporation’s mass surveillance of iPlayer viewers evading their annual fee may be exaggerated.’
The Guardian, 14th August 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Protestors like John Catt are being monitored by the state without explanation – except that they ‘could be a victim’ of a future crime. What’s going on?’
The Guardian, 26th July 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Exclusive: the inside story of a police operation that secretly took over a child abuse forum in a six-month sting, and the stunning breakthrough that led them to snaring Richard Huckle, ‘Britain’s worst-ever paedophile’.’
The Guardian, 13th July 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The question of whether police spied on elected politicians could turn out to be one of the major issues that will be examined by the public inquiry into undercover policing.’
The Guardian, 18th February 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The publication on Thursday of the long awaited report by Sir Robert Owen into the circumstances of the death of Alexander Litivenko from polonium poisoning on 23 November 2006 has (unsurprisingly) resulted in bitter criticism by the Russian Government of the Inquiry’s conclusions that the poisoning was probably directed by the Russian Federal Security Service, and probably approved by President Putin. The report is long (246 pages not including Appendices), but in page after page of readable and measured prose Sir Robert Owen tells the extraordinary story of Alexander Litvinenko’s death and the subsequent 9 year investigation into it.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 25th January 2016
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘The long-awaited findings of a public inquiry into the killing of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko are due to be released by a judge.’
BBC News, 21st January 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A large number of files detailing the covert police surveillance of campaigners and trade unionists have been published online following the launch of a new project.’
The Guardian, 14th January 2016
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A judge has refused to order the disclosure of an official document that would shed more light on how an undercover operation caused the wrongful conviction of an environmental campaigner.’
The Guardian, 17th December 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The inquiry report into the death of ex-Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko in London in 2006 has been completed.’
BBC News, 15th December 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Police chiefs have apologised unreservedly to seven women who were deceived into forming long-term relationships with undercover police officers, it has been announced.The Metropolitan police have also paid substantial, undisclosed amounts of compensation to the women who had intimate relationships, lasting up to nine years, with the undercover spies.’
The Guardian, 20th November 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A public inquiry is to scrutinise allegations that police covertly monitored Labour MPs including Jeremy Corbyn and Ken Livingstone in the 1990s.’
The Guardian, 6th November 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Undercover police officers who disclose crucial evidence to a public inquiry into the covert infiltration of political groups could be given immunity from prosecution.’
The Guardian, 28th July 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Theresa May also establishes miscarriages of justice panel to sit alongside inquiry following Mark Ellison’s review.’
Home Office, 16th July 2015
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
‘More than 80 activists who were investigated by undercover officers could have been victims of miscarriages of justice, a report has concluded.’
BBC News, 16th July 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
