Dame Stella Rimington stated "It cannot be right to keep people in complete isolation, denied human contact and denied any access to the courts for an interminable length of time."
20 August, 2004 - 01:00
The Information Commissioner stated that UK is in danger of ‘sleepwalking into a surveillance society’. See the arguments..
13 August, 2004 - 01:00
Business leaders today voiced support for an identity card scheme for the first time, but warned that the proposed scheme would not be robust enough.
13 August, 2004 - 01:00
The Commons environmental audit committee says Government targets for reduced CO emissions will not be met, and environmental taxes, particularly on road traffic, are falling rather than rising.
13 August, 2004 - 01:00
Human Rights Watch report that Khartoum is not disarming the government-backed militias, but incorporating them into security forces.
13 August, 2004 - 01:00
Starting from 14 August, cyclists from all over Europe will ride for 6 weeks from London to Jerusalem on a mission to support peace and reconciliation in Israel/Palestine.
13 August, 2004 - 01:00
This means that evidence obtained through torture overseas may be used to prosecute cases in the UK.
6 August, 2004 - 01:00
WTO has ruled that European exports of up to four times the permitted amount of subsidized sugar each year are illegal.
6 August, 2004 - 01:00
Thousands of fish were killed after 600,000 tonnes of sewage was forced into the river during storms. Minister says "doing nothing is not an option".
6 August, 2004 - 01:00
The home secretary, David Blunkett, must end the internment of foreign terrorism suspects, a committee of senior MPs warned.