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NI’s shooting and countryside organisations meet PSNI firearms branch staff

Northern Ireland’s shooting and countryside organisations recently met with Police Service of Northern Ireland Firearms and Explosives Branch (PSNI FEB) staff and senior officials from the Department of Justice (DoJ) in Belfast. Formed in May 2021, the Northern Ireland Firearms Representative Group (NIFRG) is an umbrella group which brings together 10 national and local shooting and… Read more »

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Wales Humanists launches report on 100 years of disestablishment
Humanists UK backs bill for Church of England disestablishment

Humanists UK has welcomed the announcement of a Private Members’ Bill which would disestablish the Church of England and separate church and state. Currently the Church of England is the official state religion of England, and the monarch is both the head of state and the head of the Church of England. The practice of… Read more »

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Binyam Mohamed releases confidential telegrams sent from MI5 to CIA that reportedly prove UK collusion in his torture
Telegrams ‘prove UK collusion in Binyam Mohamed torture’

Binyam Mohamed has produced what he says is incontrovertible evidence UK security services were aware of and colluded in his torture. The 30-year-old was released from Guantanamo Bay last month after a seven-year ordeal that saw him flown to secret CIA prisons and repeatedly tortured. Two heavily-redacted telegrams sent from MI5 to the CIA, released… Read more »

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Rebellion over plans to open access to medical files
Rebellion over plans to open access to medical files

By Ian Dunt A coalition of healthcare organisations has called on Jack Straw to back down over plans to grant government unprecedented access to individuals’ medical records. The move comes on a day of increased concentration on civil liberties, with the government seeking to renew its control order legislation and a politics.co.uk poll showing substantial… Read more »