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Brown must understand that we won't win the fight against terrorism until we live up to our own high moral claims.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,2148981,00.html


From Information Clearing House

The government is failing in its historic duty of care towards frontline troops who put their lives on the line in Iraq and Afghanistan, forces charities and campaigners claim.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/military/story/0,,2148952,00.html


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Informant: Teresa Binstock

Brought into the country under false identities and tricked into leaving their families with the promise of an education and a better future, hundreds of African children are being trafficked into the UK for a life of servitude, according to human rights campaigners.

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article2859092.ece


From Information Clearing House

Vorkehrungen gegen die geplanten Proteste von Umweltschützern gegen den Bau einer dritten Startbahn für den Flughafen Heathrow machen anschaulich, wie Antiterrormaßnahmen zur Eindämmung politischer Proteste verwendet werden.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/25/25940/1.html Die

Armed police will use anti-terrorism powers to "deal robustly" with climate change protesters at Heathrow next week, as confrontations threaten to bring major delays to the already overstretched airport.

http://politics.guardian.co.uk/terrorism/story/0,,2146692,00.html


From Information Clearing House

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Airport protestors attack police tactics

Raw Story

08/13/07

Environmental protestors at a camp near London’s Heathrow airport criticized the police Monday for using heavy-handed tactics ahead of an expected protest on climate change. Around 250 demonstrators have set up the Camp for Climate Action ahead of a week of protests set to attract more than 1,500 people when it formally kicks off Tuesday ahead of a day of action Sunday. Campaigners who say the world’s busiest international airport fuels climate change have joined forces with locals opposed to proposals for a third runway at Heathrow, just west of London, citing noise and health concerns...

http://tinyurl.com/3bwkpb


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Arms fairs should be patrolled by customs officers to stop the sale of instruments of torture and other equipment banned in Britain, a cross-party committee of MPs say in a report today

http://www.guardian.co.uk/armstrade/story/0,,2143136,00.html


From Information Clearing House

The Home Office is considering giving the police the power to take a DNA sample on the street, without taking the suspect to a police station, as well as taking samples from suspects in relatively minor offences such as littering, speeding or not wearing a seat belt.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/genes/article/0,,2139673,00.html


From Information Clearing House

Großbritannien hat schon die weltweit größte Gendatenbank, nun sollen nach den Wünschen der Regierung Genproben auch auf der Straße bei kleinen Vergehen genommen werden können

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/25/25863/1.html

Indfependent [UK]

08/01/07

The policy of locking up some prisoners until it is considered safe to free them is in crisis after it was condemned as “arbitrary, unreasonable and unlawful” by the High Court. Two inmates, a sex offender and a man convicted of attempted robbery, won a landmark challenge to the system of indeterminate sentences, which have no fixed end-dates.They argued they could not demonstrate their eligibility for release as offending behaviour courses were not provided at the jails where they are held...

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/legal/article2823108.ece


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp