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Archive: Civil Liberties
Free speech campaigners: 'Feel free to insult us'
Campaigners are demanding the government scrap a clause banning "insulting words and behaviour" from the Public Order Act.
The securocrats strike back: Online snooping to be expanded
US campaigners join McKinnon fight
Peers take on gay church weddings days after they come into force
Schools banned from using pupils biometric data with consent
Schools will not be able to use pupils' biometric data without parental consent, according to new advice being put forward by the government.
Internet founder hits out at snooping plans
The man behind the founding of the world wide web has come out strongly against the government's proposed 'snooping' legislation.
Comment: Legal aids cuts are a civil liberties issue
If the Liberal Democrats want to prove they're the party of civil liberties, they'd better gear up for a fight.
Clegg plays down Cameron rift over internet snooping
Nick Clegg tried to heal the growing rift between himself and David Cameron over internet snooping plans today when he insisted both men were saying "the same thing".
Cameron: Clegg signed off on snooping plan
David Cameron lashed out at Nick Clegg's opposition to internet snooping plans today as he insisted senior Liberal Democrat figures had backed the proposal.
The Week in Politics: Party like it's 2008
We're used to 80s nostalgia, mid mid-noughties seems a little recent.
The civil liberties backlash: Govt blinks first on snooping and secret courts
Nick Clegg acted to counter criticism that he was weak on civil liberties last night, with dramatic interventions on the internet snooping proposals and plans for secret courts.
Comment: This potential invasion of privacy is an affront to a democratic society
You know you're in trouble when the best argument you can come up with is 'think of the children'.
Comment: Punish them for spying on you
All three parties have publicly promised to protect civil liberties. Now is the time to punish them if they don't.
Whispers of discontent: Rebellion builds against snoopers' charter
Tory and Liberal Democrat MPs are growing increasingly vocal in their criticism of government plans to expand snooping powers.
Everything you do will be intercepted: The tech behind the Home Office plans
Interception will be the norm, the only question is whether the authorities bother to look.
The securocrats strike back: Online snooping to be expanded
Plans to expand the government's ability to monitor online interactions will make current arrangements "60 million times worse", David Davis has warned.
Civil liberties fightback: Clarke gives ground on secret trials
Ken Clarke partially backed down on plans to hold court cases in private today, amid growing outrage from civil liberties groups.
Coalition attacking 'fundamental principles of British justice'
Coalition proposals for the civil justice system threaten the foundations of the British legal system, the former director of public prosecutions warned today.
Officials scramble to limit Qatada bail damage
The government is "considering all legal options" regarding the decision to grant bail to radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada, Theresa May has told MPs.
Comment: Will the Lords stand up for civil liberties?
Peers have a chance to protect civil liberties – but will they follow their conscience?
Comment: Why we chose to close our site
We have to take a stand against plans to record all our emails and web activity.
British site joins anti-censorship internet black out
A British organisation is joining Wikipedia, Reddit and other US websites in blacking out its service in protest against an anti-piracy law passing through the US Congress.
Stop-and-search 'highly intrusive'
The police complaints watchdog has hit out at stop-and-searches, after the Metropolitan police signalled a retreat in its use of the controversial measure.
A 'wholly irrelevant' habeas corpus diversion
Why ministers should never take on Jacob Rees-Mogg
Interview: Cerie Bullivant
Cerie Bullivant, an innocent man, discovered what living with a control order is actually like the hard way. He is now out to get them axed for good.
Boy who wore skirt to school shortlisted for human rights award
A boy who wore a skirt to school in a bid to overturn its policy against shorts has been shortlisted for a human rights award.
Comment: How did the Human Rights Act go so wrong?
Too much was expected: a culture of rights does not magically take root overnight.
Freedom bill could increase powers of entry
MPs and peers say they are deeply concerned over plans to give ministers "carte blanche" over the circumstances in which the authorities can enter people's homes.
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