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February 3, 2014

Parliamentarians to push for tougher regulation of US bases in UK

After revelations about illegal surveillance and drone strike activities from US bases in the UK, the Lords will vote on increased oversight and accountability.
January 8, 2014

US surveillance practices 'need urgent reform'

A review of US surveillance practices casts doubt on the necessity for some of them and highlights the need for urgent change, reports Human Rights Watch.
December 26, 2013

Alternative Christmas message highlights huge surveillance dangers

Whistleblower Edward Snowden has given this year’s Alternative Christmas Message on Channel 4 television.
August 2, 2013

Snowden decision focuses attention on government surveillance

Russia's decision to grant Edward Snowden temporary asylum is positive and should focus attention on sweeping government surveillance, say critics.
June 16, 2013

Nothing to fear? Security, privacy and dissent

The Foreign Secretary, William Hague, has said reports that GCHQ are gathering intelligence from phones and online sites should not concern people who have nothing to hide. Hague's refusal – on security grounds of course – to either confirm or deny the UK's links with the US Prism secret surveillance programme is a source of further disquiet.
February 9, 2011

Head of ACPO says undercover policing should be authorised by judges

Sir Hugh Orde, president of the Association of Chief Police Officers, has called for undercover policing operations to be authorised in advance by a judge.
August 3, 2010

Surveillance powers threaten the innocent, says Liberty

The human rights group Liberty has said that a council who spied on a local family have proved that it is untrue to say the innocent have nothing to fear.