LETTER: Sad that our work remains so necessary
TODAY (May 29) marks the 60th anniversary of Amnesty International, an organisation that campaigns against human rights abuses all over the world.
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TODAY (May 29) marks the 60th anniversary of Amnesty International, an organisation that campaigns against human rights abuses all over the world.
by Bethany Rielly THE spycops Bill is “one of the most dangerous” pieces of legislation ever proposed, Labour peer Shami Chakrabarti warned today as she launched a last-minute bid to weaken it. The Covert Human Intelligence Bill seeks to give protection from prosecution to undercover agents and informants working for the police or intelligence service who commit authorised crimes. Baroness Chakrabarti warned that such “blanket immunity” would open the door to “countless abuses of power and scandals in relations to criminality and abuses of human rights, potentially for many ye...