“Millions of people will be protected from unwarranted state intrusion in their private lives, the Home Secretary has outlined in today’s Protection of Freedoms Bill.”
Home Office, 11th February 2011
“New search powers being given to schools over mobile phones are more suitable for terror inquiries, human rights pressure group Liberty says.”
BBC News, 4th February 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“New measures to restore civil liberties while continuing to protect the public from terrorism have today been outlined by Theresa May.”
Home Office, 26th January 2011
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
“Two police forces have been warned they could face enforcement action over their ‘disproportionate’ use of stop and search powers.”
The Independent, 30th November 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Controversial plan to bring back police ‘sus’ stop-and-search laws targeting black and Asian people axed by Theresa May.”
The Guardian, 18th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“New proposals laid in parliament today will save an estimated 800,000 hours of police time each year.”
Home Office, 17th November 2010
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
“Government plans allowing police to stop people on the grounds of skin colour are discriminatory and amount to racial profiling, the official equalities body has warned ministers.”
The Guardian, 15th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Out of more than 100,000 people stopped and searched by police using controversial anti-terror powers not one single arrest was made for terrorism-related offences, new figures show.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th October 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Black people are 26 times more likely than white people to be stopped and searched by police in England and Wales, the most glaring example of ‘racial profiling’ researchers have seen, according to an international report.”
The Guardian, 17th October 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Anti-terror stop and search powers that allow police to search individuals even without reasons for suspicion have been effectively abandoned.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th July 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Teachers will get tougher powers to deal with unruly pupils in a ‘zero tolerance’ crackdown on nuisance in the classroom, ministers will announce today.”
The Guardian, 7th July 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Home Office says it is reviewing counter-terrorism laws after a European court decided the government could not appeal against a ruling that said random stop and searches were illegal.”
BBC News, 1st July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Three people, including 13-year-old twins, are to be paid compensation by police after they were stopped and searched unlawfully at a climate camp demonstration.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th June 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Thousands of people across the UK might have been stopped and searched illegally, figures released by the Home Office suggest.”
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BBC News, 10th June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Five police forces could face legal action after the equalities watchdog issued a final warning over their disproportionate use of stop-and-search powers against people from ethnic minorities.”
The Guardian, 2nd June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Police have paid compensation and apologised to the comedian and activist Mark Thomas after they admitted unlawfully searching him for looking ‘over-confident’ at a demonstration.”
The Guardian, 19th April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Police forces were threatened with legal action today as the Government’s equality watchdog said black and Asian Britons were still being unfairly targeted for stop and searches.”
The Independent, 15th March 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Equalities watchdog warns of enforcement action against forces that excessively target people from ethnic minorities.”
The Guardian, 10th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“There is little connection between the use of stop and search powers by the Metropolitan police and reductions in knife crime, according to new figures analysed by a leading criminologist.”
The Guardian, 24th January 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The stop and search of 11-year-old twins at the Kingsnorth Climate Camp was unlawful, Kent police have admitted at London’s High Court.”
BBC News, 12th January 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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