Category: Civil Liberties
Religion and politics in the United States
Evidence of the intentions of the Founding Fathers of the United States
David Blunkett: the ultimate irony
He should resign, but because of his assaults on our liberties, not his private life
Britain’s bogus “State of Emergency”
How many of us realise that we are in an official emergency — and likely to stay that way?
Admitting evidence got by torture: a Commonwealth view
The harm that will be done to Britain’s standing abroad if the judgment of the Court of Appeal permitting the home secretary to rely on information got by torture is allowed to stand
The UK Court of Appeal allows the home secretary to use information got by torture to lock people up without trial
It’s now up to the law lords to reverse this deplorable decision.
An Australian legal view of using information got by torture to lock people up
John Greenwell’s paper challenging the Court of Appeal
Admissibility of evidence extracted by torture
My letter in The Times about the admissibility of evidence obtained by torture in terrorism cases
Mr Blunkett: his new plans for our liberties
Iniquitous proposals for a national database revealing all our personal details to everyone but ourselves