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Tuesday 2 March 2010, liberty central blog, Guardian
Supporters of the Human Rights Act must accept that it has not stopped Labour laying waste to rights and liberties
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Tuesday 2 March 2010, liberty central blog, Guardian
Doctors are concerned about the rapid roll-out of the patient database, and are helping people who don't want to be on it
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Monday 1 March 2010, liberty central blog, Guardian
David Cameron has disappointed on the issue of liberty and Labour has been a disaster. Will the Lib Dems speak out?
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Sunday 28 February 2010, The Observer
News International's dismissal of the parliamentary report on the News of the World phone scandal just shows their contempt for the law, MPs and other media
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Thursday 25 February 2010, liberty central blog, Guardian
Some 20,000 council officers can enter our homes without a warrant, and the Tories are right to want to challenge this
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Thursday March 4th 2010, 7pm, The Vibe Bar, Brick Lane, London E1
Sit Down, Shut Up: Are Football Supporters Discriminated Against? is the FSF’s free Question Time-style debate, chaired by Tony Evans (Football Editor at The Times) with panellists Henry Porter, Duleep Allirajah (Sports Columnist for Spiked), David Bohannan (Head of the Home Office Football Unit), Tony Conniford (Assistant Director of the UK Football Policing Unit) and James Welch (solicitor and Legal Director of Liberty). This free event is open to all. Every person who registers in advance also gets a free drink. To register, simply email your name to :
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23 February 2010, 6.15 for 6.30pm, 55 Tufton Street, SW1, Centre for Policy Studies
New research from Big Brother Watch (pdf) has revealed that there are nearly 15,000 officers in local councils nationwide who can enter private property without requiring a warrant or police officer escort. The report builds on the 2006 Centre for Policy Studies pamphlet Crossing the Threshold by Harry Snook (pdf), which detailed the number of ways the State can enter a private home as of right - there were 266 distinct powers of entry then, and 1,043 now. Our panel of speakers will discuss the implications of this for civil liberties and whether action is needed to rebalance power in the relationship between the state and the citizen. Chaired by Jill Kirby, with speakers Dominic Grieve QC MP, Henry Porter, Harry Snook and Alex Deane .
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Saturday 20 February 2010, liberty central blog, Guardian
The public has grown increasingly concerned about the rise of the state's surveillance culture, according to a new poll
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Wednesday 17 February 2010, liberty central blog, Guardian.co.uk
The former minister's sudden enthusiasm for empowerment is at odds with his support for statism while in cabinet
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Monday 15 February 2010, liberty central blog, Guardian
The Independent's article sanctioning torture is built on logical flaws, grotesque views and a contempt for democracy
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Sunday 14 February 2010, The Observer
It was great last week to see MPs try to take back control of Westminster from the party machines
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Friday 12 February 2010, liberty central blog, Guardian
In trying to justify the retention of DNA of innocent people, the Home Office attempted to use the same case study twice
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