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A brief guide to the loss of liberty and rights since 1997
Protest and assembly
– Protests are banned within one kilometre of Parliament Square without police permission (penalty: 51 weeks in jail and/or a £2,500 fine).
– Groups may be dispersed under antisocial-behaviour laws.
– Groups may be dispersed within designated areas under the terror laws.
– The new offence under SOCPA of trespass within a designated site (no justification for designation is required).
Communications
– Under the Regulation of Investigative Powers Act, government agencies may intercept email, internet connections and standard mail without seeking a court’s permission (the latest figure is 500,000 secret interceptions a year).
– Since summer 2007, the government and some 700 agencies have had access to all landline and mobile-phone records. There was no primary legislation and no debate in parliament.
Databases
– Without primary legislation, police introduced a national network of all ANPR cameras. The travel data may be stored for two years.
– The National Identity Register will store details of every verification made by an ID-card holder and give access to government agencies without the knowledge or consent of the private citizen.
– ID-card enrolment requires every citizen to offer up 49 pieces of personal information to the national database, with heavy and repeated fines for non-compliance.
– All children's details are to be stored on a central database, with access granted to a wide range of public bodies.
– The Children’s Common Assessment Framework database stores all details of children with problems, indefinitely.
– The Home Office has announced that it wishes to take 19 pieces of information, including mobile-phone and credit-card numbers, from everyone travelling abroad.
Free Expression
– Public-order laws have been used to curtail free expression. A man wearing the slogan “Bollocks to Blair” on his T-shirt was told to remove it by police.
– The Race and Religious Hatred Act (2006) bans incitement of hatred on religious grounds.
– Justice Minister Jack Straw proposes new laws which would ban the incitement of hatred towards the disabled and on the grounds of a person’s sexual orientation
– Terror laws are used to ban freedom of expression in designated areas. Walter Wolfgang was removed from the Labour party conference for heckling Jack Straw. People have been searched simply for wearing slogans on their T-shirts or for carrying banners. A man was detained while collecting signatures against the ID card
– The Protection from Harassment Act (1997) bans the repetition of an act. People prosecuted for repeated protest by email.
– Terror laws ban the glorification of terrorism, which has resulted in the prosecution of a young woman for writing poetry.
The Courts
– ASBO legislation introduces hearsay evidence, which may result in a person being sent to jail.
– The Criminal Justice Act (2003) allows the prosecution to make an application to be heard without a jury where there is a danger of jury tampering. This will include fraud trials.
– The admissibility of evidence concerning a person’s bad character, previous convictions and acquittals.
– The Proceeds of Crime Act (2002) gives the state powers to confiscate assets in circumstances where it does not have enough evidence for prosecution.
–Special Immigration Appeals Court hearings are held in secret. Those terror suspects whose cases come before the court are not allowed to know the evidence against them or to be represented by a lawyer of their own choice.
– The Courts and Tribunals Enforcement Act abandons the tradition of an Englishman’s home being his castle, which since 1604 has made breaking into a home by bailiffs illegal.
Terror Laws
– Terror laws have been used to stop and search ordinary citizens. The current rate is 50,000 per annum.
– A maximum of 28 days without charge is allowed under terror legislation. The government has announced plans to increase this to 42 days.
– Control orders, effectively indefinite house arrest, were introduced after the Belmarsh decision.
Hi People,
Many a night at the bugz studio,Orin and i love to put the world to rights over a few merry berry roll ups. Over the last few years Orin has opened my eyes to alot of information that i never knew about, which has got me thinking in different way than i used to. You may think that this stuff is just conspiracies but if you look up any of the info above you will find that they are part of UK law.
Dont be blinded by fear of terror
light will overcome the darkness
one love blud
mr m force
– Protests are banned within one kilometre of Parliament Square without police permission (penalty: 51 weeks in jail and/or a £2,500 fine).
– Groups may be dispersed under antisocial-behaviour laws.
– Groups may be dispersed within designated areas under the terror laws.
– The new offence under SOCPA of trespass within a designated site (no justification for designation is required).
Communications
– Under the Regulation of Investigative Powers Act, government agencies may intercept email, internet connections and standard mail without seeking a court’s permission (the latest figure is 500,000 secret interceptions a year).
– Since summer 2007, the government and some 700 agencies have had access to all landline and mobile-phone records. There was no primary legislation and no debate in parliament.
Databases
– Without primary legislation, police introduced a national network of all ANPR cameras. The travel data may be stored for two years.
– The National Identity Register will store details of every verification made by an ID-card holder and give access to government agencies without the knowledge or consent of the private citizen.
– ID-card enrolment requires every citizen to offer up 49 pieces of personal information to the national database, with heavy and repeated fines for non-compliance.
– All children's details are to be stored on a central database, with access granted to a wide range of public bodies.
– The Children’s Common Assessment Framework database stores all details of children with problems, indefinitely.
– The Home Office has announced that it wishes to take 19 pieces of information, including mobile-phone and credit-card numbers, from everyone travelling abroad.
Free Expression
– Public-order laws have been used to curtail free expression. A man wearing the slogan “Bollocks to Blair” on his T-shirt was told to remove it by police.
– The Race and Religious Hatred Act (2006) bans incitement of hatred on religious grounds.
– Justice Minister Jack Straw proposes new laws which would ban the incitement of hatred towards the disabled and on the grounds of a person’s sexual orientation
– Terror laws are used to ban freedom of expression in designated areas. Walter Wolfgang was removed from the Labour party conference for heckling Jack Straw. People have been searched simply for wearing slogans on their T-shirts or for carrying banners. A man was detained while collecting signatures against the ID card
– The Protection from Harassment Act (1997) bans the repetition of an act. People prosecuted for repeated protest by email.
– Terror laws ban the glorification of terrorism, which has resulted in the prosecution of a young woman for writing poetry.
The Courts
– ASBO legislation introduces hearsay evidence, which may result in a person being sent to jail.
– The Criminal Justice Act (2003) allows the prosecution to make an application to be heard without a jury where there is a danger of jury tampering. This will include fraud trials.
– The admissibility of evidence concerning a person’s bad character, previous convictions and acquittals.
– The Proceeds of Crime Act (2002) gives the state powers to confiscate assets in circumstances where it does not have enough evidence for prosecution.
–Special Immigration Appeals Court hearings are held in secret. Those terror suspects whose cases come before the court are not allowed to know the evidence against them or to be represented by a lawyer of their own choice.
– The Courts and Tribunals Enforcement Act abandons the tradition of an Englishman’s home being his castle, which since 1604 has made breaking into a home by bailiffs illegal.
Terror Laws
– Terror laws have been used to stop and search ordinary citizens. The current rate is 50,000 per annum.
– A maximum of 28 days without charge is allowed under terror legislation. The government has announced plans to increase this to 42 days.
– Control orders, effectively indefinite house arrest, were introduced after the Belmarsh decision.
Hi People,
Many a night at the bugz studio,Orin and i love to put the world to rights over a few merry berry roll ups. Over the last few years Orin has opened my eyes to alot of information that i never knew about, which has got me thinking in different way than i used to. You may think that this stuff is just conspiracies but if you look up any of the info above you will find that they are part of UK law.
Dont be blinded by fear of terror
light will overcome the darkness
one love blud
mr m force
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Permalink Reply by T-Bird on -
damn, y'all practically live in amurica!
there are many similar laws in the states. what legal recourse do you have in the uk?
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Permalink Reply by Cyndi on -
Once upon a time people information was hidden and people were not any the wiser about what their respective governements and large corporations were capable of.
NOW, the joke lies on the fact that we are in an age where information is available at the click of amouse and people now CHOOSE to blinker themselves away from the truth, instead focusing on themsleves not the bigger picture!
This is why the US has been able to do this right under the peoples noses!
It could be that it is pretty scary to know what is really going on , so it's easier to digest an unsignificant news story about Heather McCartney say, than it is to know about the existing RECESSION as an example. It beggars belief that a topic as apparent and life-affecting as the recession is still being widely ignored by people.
It's a fact now, that more people vote for X Factor in the UK than a general election! It's a perfect scenario for the Big Bros that be...the people have created their own ignorance...the UK will most certainly follow the US as we always do..
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Permalink Reply by Tasha TP on
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Maybe some people feel that there is so much ish going on in the world that they choose to focus on something more light-hearted to get them through the day. It doesn't mean they are ignorant to what is going on, simply that if they filled their head with all the negative ish in the world they would end up feeling life isn't worth living - or they feel that their opinion won't be listened to or have any effect...
Just a thought...
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Permalink Reply by Cyndi on
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I hear you BUT :) I think Life is supposed to be about taking the rough with the smooth..that's what makes it so wonderful...i feel that a mainsteam of people are looking for a sheen that glosses over every aspect of their lifes..Really, if life was perfect all the time, then simply put-it wouldn't be.
We've all heard about those horrid tales in American suburbia of supposedly good, nice towns spawning kids who feel the need to gone down their local High ASchool. Sweden has the highest suicide rate and look how nice the Netherlands in comparisan to the grotty urban mayhem that is London! Struggle is characther building- or at least that's what my mums belt said!lol!!
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I imagine the only people ignoring the recession are those that feel it won't effect their daily lives (even though it will) - they can't see the bigger picture...
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Permalink Reply by T-Bird on
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can't speak about the uk, but in the us, the prez has been saying how "strong" the economy is for so long. i think most average folks didn't believe him because it wasn't reflected in their everyday lives but there was no-one else in a leadership position contradicting him so they felt a disconnect. the mainstream media is REALLY filtered in the states.
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Permalink Reply by MELANIN on -
The sad thing is that the whole worlds economy could be strong! Recessions are created... after all, money is a man made thing.
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Permalink Reply by byron on -
Believe it or not this is the same way that Hitler worked. Infringement of the individuals rights for the so called "greater good". Look at all the pain and suffering he caused!
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Permalink Reply by T-Bird on
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i'm glad you mentioned this byron. there's a book by naomi wolf called "End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot" where this is detailed. i heard an interview with her where she was saying that as she was doing the research for the book that a holocaust survivor kept saying "that's what they did in germany..." and it was EXACTLY what the bush administration has been doing in the usa (obviously you can see the parallels in the uk.)
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