Every parent a suspect

Monday 14 December 2009,  Henry Porter's blog, guardian.co.uk 

The criteria has changed slightly, but the Vetting and Barring Scheme still creates an atmosphere of suspicion and fear

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Let us hope we have not sunk to the level of mistreating children to deter asylum seekers

Sunday 13 December 2009,  The Observer

For a government that makes much of its record on protecting children from cruelty and abuse, it is extraordinary that the truth about Yarl's Wood is that it damages terribly the children held there

 

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The great 'big state' debate

Wednesday 9 December 2009,  Henry Porter's blog, guardian.co.uk 

There was a great turnout for the Hansard Society debate on civil liberties – shame about the speakers

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Podcast: Hansard Society Democracy Forum on Civil Liberties

Tuesday December 8 2009, Hansard Society

Listen to the audio of the Hansard Society's Democracy Forum 'Civil liberties: are we placing ourselves at the mercy of the state?' with speakers Henry Porter, Sir Ian Blair and Peter Oborne.

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Privacy's about more than the paparazzi

Monday 7 December 2009,  Henry Porter's blog, guardian.co.uk

The kind of protection the HRA offers is largely of use only to the rich. The law should tackle everyday intrusions head on

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Photography is our right, our freedom

Saturday 5 December 2009,  Henry Porter's blog, guardian.co.uk

The abuse of section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000 is infringing on the freedom of photographers – it has to stop

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Paranoia infects the way we treat kids

Tuesday 1 December 2009,  Henry Porter's blog, guardian.co.uk

In its many intrusive policies, the government displays a fundamental mistrust of parents and children

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United against the state

Monday 30 November 2009,  Henry Porter's blog, guardian.co.uk

There is a new alliance between the left and right in America, inspired by the threat to liberty – can the same happen here?

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Extradition laws need urgent reform

Friday 27 November 2009,  Henry Porter's blog, guardian.co.uk

No one denies that Gary McKinnon did wrong and that he should face criminal proceedings – but in Britain not the United States

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Alan Johnson's dilemma is unbalanced

Wednesday 25 November 2009,  Henry Porter's blog, guardian.co.uk

The DNA database does not balance liberty with the needs of the state, the state's unreasonable demand has eroded liberty

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Civil liberties: are we placing ourselves at the mercy of the state?

Tuesday December 8, 6.30pm - 8pm, Hansard Society, Portcullis House

This Democracy Forum will look at whether what can be viewed as our traditional British ‘apathy’ is allowing the state to pass legislation that scrutinises and controls us. Or, is such a dystopian view a wildly exaggerated response to what is merely the use of modern tools to tackle 21st century crime and terrorism?  The speakers are: Henry Porter, Peter Oborne and Sir Ian Blair. Chaired by Fiona Booth, Chief Executive, Hansard Society.

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The brutal truth of child detention

Tuesday 24 November 2009,  Henry Porter's blog, guardian.co.uk

2,000 asylum seekers' kids a year are locked up, and the only beneficiaries seem to be firms running centres like Yarl's Wood

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