Does the BBC really have a digital licence to snoop? – The Guardian
‘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
Category: spying
The Human Rights Act helps us hold power to account. We must defend it – The Guardian
Posted July 27th, 2016 in appeals, delay, demonstrations, deportation, freedom of expression, human rights, interpretation, investigatory powers, news, police, privacy, spying, Supreme Court, terrorism by sally
‘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
The takeover: how police ended up running a paedophile site – The Guardian
Posted July 13th, 2016 in child abuse, children, foreign jurisdictions, indecent photographs of children, internet, news, police, sentencing, spying by sally
‘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
Public inquiry to scrutinise claims that police covertly monitored politicians – The Guardian
Posted February 19th, 2016 in inquiries, intelligence services, news, parliament, police, spying, whistleblowers by sally
‘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
Litvinenko – When real life is more fantastic than fiction – UK Human Rights Blog
‘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
Litvinenko inquiry to rule on former Russian spy’s killing – BBC News
‘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
Files detailing police spying operations against protesters published online – The Guardian
Posted January 15th, 2016 in demonstrations, freedom of information, internet, news, police, spying by sally
‘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
Judge rejects disclosure of document on role of police spy in wrongful conviction – The Guardian
Posted December 18th, 2015 in disclosure, evidence, miscarriage of justice, news, police, prosecutions, public order, spying by tracey
‘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
Alexander Litvinenko death inquiry report completed – BBC News
‘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 apologise to women who had relationships with undercover officers – The Guardian
Posted November 20th, 2015 in class actions, compensation, demonstrations, human rights, inquiries, investigatory powers, news, police, psychiatric damage, sexual offences, spying, women by tracey
‘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
Inquiry to examine claims police spied on Jeremy Corbyn and Ken Livingstone – The Guardian
‘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 policing inquiry: officers giving evidence might receive immunity – The Guardian
‘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
Home Secretary announces terms of reference for undercover policing inquiry – Home Office
Posted July 17th, 2015 in demonstrations, inquiries, miscarriage of justice, police, press releases, spying by tracey
‘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
Undercover police practices ‘could have led to unsafe convictions’ – BBC News
‘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
Activist’s conviction to be quashed after undercover officer testified at trial – The Guardian
‘The criminal conviction of a campaigner is to be quashed after prosecutors admitted an undercover police officer gave evidence in a court case using a fake identity. Michael Gracia’s conviction for assaulting an officer during a pro-cycling demonstration is to be overturned as prosecutors conceded one of the co-defendants at his original trial was working undercover for the police.’
The Guardian, 23rd June 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Alexander Litvinenko murder inquiry opens in high court – The Guardian
‘A public inquiry into the death of Alexander Litvinenko opens in the high court on Tuesday, eight years after the former Russian intelligence officer and MI6 informant was murdered in London with deadly polonium.’
The Guardian, 27th January 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
MI5, MI6 and GCHQ ‘spied on lawyers’ – BBC News
Posted November 7th, 2014 in disclosure, intelligence services, legal profession, news, privilege, spying by tracey
‘British intelligence agencies have policies allowing staff to access confidential communications between lawyers and their clients, official documents have revealed.’
BBC news, 6th November 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Met police to pay more than £400,000 to victim of undercover officer – The Guardian
Posted October 24th, 2014 in compensation, demonstrations, inquiries, news, paternity, police, spying by sally
‘The Metropolitan police are to pay more than £400,000 to a woman who has been profoundly traumatised after discovering by chance that the father of her son was an undercover police officer.’
The Guardian, 23rd October 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Police chiefs were aware six years ago that undercover unit ‘had lost moral compass’ – The Guardian
‘The Scotland Yard undercover unit that gathered intelligence on 18 grieving families was known by police chiefs six years ago to have been so out of control it had “lost [its] moral compass” and become a “force within a force”.’
The Guardian, 24th July 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Alexander Litvinenko death inquest: Public inquiry to probe ‘Russian state-ordered murder’ of former KGB officer in London – The Independent
‘The Government is expected to announce today that a public inquiry at last be held into the death of the former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, who was poisoned with radioactive polonium-210 in London in 2006.’
The Independent, 22nd July 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
