‘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
‘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
‘Home Secretary Theresa May today announced details of a review of criminal convictions in cases involving undercover police officers.’
Home Office, 26th June 2014
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
‘Women who say they were deceived into forming long-term, sexual relationships with undercover police officers are challenging “absurd, shambolic and incoherent” attempts by police chiefs to block their lawsuit, the high court has heard.’
The Guardian, 5th June 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘In the human rights news this week, Theresa May calls for a public inquiry into undercover police officers after the publication of the independent review into spying on the family of Stephen Lawrence. Elsewhere, Mormons take on the taxman, the High Court considers how to interpret the law on storing embryos and gametes after death and a House of Lords Committee publishes a major report into the operation of the Mental Capacity Act.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 16th March 2014
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘Eight women who say they were duped into forming long-term sexual relationships with undercover policemen have attacked the government’s failure to ban such behaviour in a newly published code of conduct. The Home Office policy suggests there will be a tightening of guidelines on undercover surveillance, but does not explicitly rule out officers engaging in sexual relationships with those being spied on or those who associate with the target. The new code – which is now open to consultation – merely says that intrusion into someone’s “private or family life”, even when they are not the direct targets of the surveillance, should be justified by the information that might be discovered.’
The Guardian, 16th March 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The home secretary has ordered a public inquiry into the undercover infiltration of political groups after an independent inquiry confirmed that Scotland Yard had spied on the family of Stephen Lawrence.’
The Guardian, 6th May 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The home secretary must order a public inquiry into undercover police who spy on political campaigners or the family of murdered black teenager Stephen Lawrence will sue, human rights campaigners have been told.’
The Guardian, 28th February 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The extent and scale of mass surveillance undertaken by Britain’s spy agencies is to be scrutinised in a major inquiry to be formally launched on Thursday.”
The Guardian, 17th October 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Marina Litvinenko’s fight for answers over the suspicious death of her husband, Alexander, has suffered another defeat after judges refused to protect her from facing crippling costs if she loses her legal battle for a public inquiry.”
The Independent, 3rd October 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The government has refused a request to hold a public inquiry into the death of ex-KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko, the coroner has announced.”
BBC News, 12th July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A senior judge has joined calls for a public inquiry in to the death of Russian
dissident Alexander Litvinenko, piling more pressure on the Government to act.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th June 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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“The coroner presiding over the inquest into the poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko has called on the government to replace it with a public inquiry.”
The Independent, 5th June 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The inquest into the death of Alexander Litvinenko is close to collapse after a coroner partially upheld an application by William Hague to keep crucial evidence secret.”
The Guardian, 17th May 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The inquest into the death of Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko in London has been delayed until 2 October. The poisoned KGB agent’s inquest was due to start on 1 May, but at a pre-inquest review coroner Sir Robert Owen said he was postponing it ‘with great reluctance.’ The UK government and Russia had been slow to release material, he said at a Royal Courts of Justice hearing.”
BBCNews, 14th March 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Sir Robert Owen will have to decide the scope of the inquiry and whether to sit with a jury.”
The Guardian, 12th December 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A judge has ruled that an ex-British intelligence chief can help to decide whether an MP’s former aide accused of spying should be deported from the UK.”
BBC News, 30th September 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Spies will have to seek permission from ministers before paying bribes to ‘contacts’, the House of Lords has ruled.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th February 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Local authorities are still illegally spying on individuals despite curbs imposed on their covert activities, the senior official charged with scrutinising their activities said today.”
The Guardian, 21st July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Court of Appeal
“A member of the Armed Forces, however junior, serving abroad in a theatre of military operations, who chose to disclose information which might be of use to an enemy of the United Kingdom, or prejudicial to the interest and safety of his colleagues serving in a war zone, must expect a lengthy sentence for deterrence and punishment, even if the information disclosed was not proved to have caused any actual damage.”
The Times, 1st July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
