“Laws used by Britain’s spy agencies to justify mass surveillance and interception techniques must be reviewed to ensure they have kept pace with ‘incredible changes’ in communications, one of the country’s foremost intelligence experts has said.”
The Guardian, 26th September 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The High Court has ruled that it is not a breach of the right to private life to request DNA samples from those who were convicted of serious offences before it became commonplace to take samples for the production of DNA profiles for the investigation of crime.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 24th September 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“A former prisoner has failed in a legal challenge that could have forced police to destroy thousands of DNA samples collected from those convicted of serious crimes before 1994.”
The Guardian, 24th September 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Scotland Yard is facing court action next week after refusing to hand over the results of investigations it was ordered to conduct into claims that it used counter-terrorism powers to discriminate against and harass innocent Muslims.”
The Guardian, 13th September 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The embattled Serious Organised Crime Agency heads into fresh controversy on Tuesday as it emerges it has won sweeping new powers allowing it to freeze assets of super-rich foreigners suspected of fraud.”
The Independent,
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Britain’s anti-terror laws watchdog is to investigate whether laws were used “lawfully, appropriately and humanely” when police detained David Miranda at Heathrow airport for nine hours.”
The Guardian, 22nd August 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Lawyers representing a Brazilian man detained at Heathrow airport have begun judicial review proceedings against the Home Office and the police.”
BBC News, 22nd August 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An official body has called into question the criminal conviction of a political campaigner after allegations that an undercover spy gave false evidence under oath during his prosecution.”
The Guardian, 1st August 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Divisional Court gave guidance on the practice to be followed on an application for a search warrant under the special procedure in section 9 of and Schedule 1 to the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, and reiterated the information required to be supplied by a constable to the court on such an application, including the need to give full and frank disclosure.”
WLR Daily, 23rd July 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“The former Chief Constable of West Yorkshire, Sir Norman Bettison, is to be investigated over claims he ordered his officers to compile a detailed report on the anti-racism campaigner Mohammed Amran, before he testified to the Macpherson Inquiry into the death of the teenager Stephen Lawrence.”
The Independent, 26th July 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Seven of the UK’s leading human rights groups and privacy campaigners have demanded an urgent review of the laws being used to authorise the mass collection and analysis of data by Britain’s spy centre, GCHQ.”
The Guardian, 14th July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The misuse of ‘intrusive and contentious’ stop and search powers is threatening to undermine the legitimacy of the police, an official watchdog has warned.”
The Guardian, 9th July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Prosecutors are considering launching the first case against an undercover police officer deployed to infiltrate political campaigns. The Crown Prosecution Service is examining allegations of wrongdoing by Jim Boyling, a former member of a covert Metropolitan police unit which planted undercover officers in political groups for four decades.”
The Guardian, 5th July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Speech on national security by Security Minister James Brokenshire to National Security Summit at Queen Elizabeth Conference Centre on 3 July Originally given at London. This is a transcript of the speech, exactly as it was delivered.”
Home Office, 3rd July 2013
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
“The home secretary, Theresa May, has launched a six-week consultation over the future of police stop-and-search powers after telling MPs that black people were still seven times more likely to be searched on the street than white people.”
The Guardian, 2nd July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A voicemail message which had been received by the intended recipient and subsequently stored in the telecommunications system of the network provider so that the intended recipient might thereafter have continued access to it by playing back the message, remained “in the course of transmission”. The interception of such a voicemail message intentionally and without lawful authority was therefore an offence contrary to section 1 of Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000.”
WLR Daily, 28th June 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA) has featured prominently in the news in recent weeks, both as regards undercover police officers/’covert human intelligence sources’ and as regards the phone-hacking scandal.”
Panopticon, 28th June 2013
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
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