Saturday 30 August 2008
Apathy
Civil Liberties
Saturday, June 14, 2008
I have to applaud the action of David Davis resigning his position in order to highlight the grave erosion of liberties symbolised in the yes vote of 42 day detention without charge. This man has definitley got some balls, and is a great example of how a man with convictions can actually stand up against such powerful opposition. It is all of our jobs to help protect the fundamental freedoms and rights to liberty from state power and injustice. In the words of the great Chuck D...Don't believe the hype!
Sunday, June 01, 2008
Britain - Commerce over Torture?
Just saw this short video documenting the ordeals of torture victims in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. This is made in support of a bill urging the British government to prosecute foreign governemts for torture offenses. Unbelievably, the British Government are currently reluctant to acknowledge this bill, although they will follow up prosecutions involving corporate disputes. Another case of the value of pound notes over human life and dignity.
Watch the video here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfctZbMHK1k
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Another example of the Government slyly working to erode our civil liberties and freedoms. Public outcry against original proposals for 90 day detention without charge meant the Government had to settle with 30 days.
Not happy with this set up (already pissing on the idea that a man is innocent until proven guilty) Mr Brown and his cronies are going to be pressurising MPs into voting for 42 days detention without charge. If this is succesful how far is this going to go? 90 days by stealth would not surprise me in the least.
The argument that this will help prevent terrorist attacks is weak at best, even the government's former top lawyer, Lord Goldsmith, has repeated his condemnation of the plans. The ex-attorney general said passing the anti-terror bill would help destroy the "very basis of free society that our ancestors fought so hard to create".
The Labour peer, who was attorney general when Tony Blair made a failed bid to increase the detention limit to 90 days, said: "There can be no mistake that extending the period suspects can be held without charge is a very serious incursion on our fundamental freedoms." Source : http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7429780.stm