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Civil Liberties
guardian.co.uk Politics:
At the moment, the arbitrary process of adding to the database breeds injustice. Perhaps we owe it to society to all be includedThe national DNA database is once again being hotly debated. The government is now proposing that (Read More)
observer.guardian.co.uk:
Danielle Simpson's lawyers issued a late appeal that was eventually rejected by the state's board of pardonsTexas has executed Danielle Simpson, a murderer who earlier this year pleaded with a court to be put to death because (Read More)
The Guardian:
That the alleged 9/11 conspirators, if convicted, will face the death penalty requires some mental acrobatics from a human rights perspectiveInches of column space in the UK are devoted to the treatment of terrorist suspects, (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Society:
Britain's 5.5 million Twitter users are younger than average members of the public, slightly more likely to vote Labour, and distinctly more liberal, according to a survey published today.They are also more likely to live in (Read More)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
WASHINGTON — Democrats on Tuesday crushed a Senate filibuster against a controversial appeals court nominee, demonstrating to Republicans they can't stop President Barack Obama from turning the federal judiciary to the left.T (Read More)
The Guardian:
A new book reveals how US federal prosecutors twist the law to criminalise legal activities, with connivence from the mediaSharp-elbowed business executives and grasping politicians may not be especially popular figures withi (Read More)
Crooks and Liars:
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The Guardian:
Student activism has often fired resistance to repression – and it must urgently do so nowTwenty years ago yesterday the Velvet Revolution got under away in Czechoslovakia with a student march that was brutally suppressed by (Read More)
New York Times:
The statistics were released as the New York Civil Liberties Union sued the Police Department for access to internal reports about shootings by officers.
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The Guardian:
Cybergeddon may still be the stuff of Hollywood fantasy, but we need to find out how well the UK is prepared for serious attackLast weekend US television viewers were treated to a CBS 60 Minutes special on cyber attacks that (Read More)
New York Times:
Rachel Maddow, Keith Olbermann and other hosts on MSNBC are calling on the president to keep his campaign promises about health care, civil liberties and other issues.
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The Guardian:
Baroness Buscombe's speech to the annual conference of the Society of EditorsLast year Paul Dacre told you what he described was a "grotesquely hubristic confession" that from the moment he was born he had wanted to be an Edi (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
Labour is right to think plans to snoop on our internet use will harm its election chances – but have they really been shelved?The government is playing a two-handed game over its plan to snoop on all our communication and in (Read More)
observer.guardian.co.uk:
The Obama administration today ordered that the self-confessed mastermind of the September 11 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and four others be transferred from Guantánamo Bay to New York to stand trial.The US attorney gene (Read More)
The Guardian:
Some family members accused President Barack Obama of siding against the US while others praised the moveThe families of September 11 victims were today divided in their reaction to the decision to try the accused plotters in (Read More)
The Guardian:
Putting the 9/11 suspects on trial in New York is the right move - but seeking the death penalty would be a strategic errorThe decision today by US attorney general Eric Holder to prosecute Khalid Sheik Mohammed and four othe (Read More)
The Guardian:
Critics describe move as risky amid legal concerns about hosting prosecution of Guantánamo detainees in ManhattanIt will be one of the trials of the century, the suspected plotters of the 9/11 attacks in a civilian court only (Read More)
The Guardian:
The walk from the site of the fallen Twin Towers to the Manhattan courthouse where Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his four codefendants will now stand trial takes about 15 minutes at a gentle stroll. But it symbolises an epic eig (Read More)
The Guardian:
Trial by jury for the September 11 suspects can mean justice is seen to be done. Yet calling for the death penalty is an errorThe US attorney general, Eric Holder, deserves two cheers for his brave decision to bring the alleg (Read More)
The Guardian:
President Barack Obama today announced that the five suspects will be tried in a civilian court in New YorkThe United States will seek the death penalty against the five men accused of planning the September 11 attacks, who w (Read More)
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