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Guant?namo Bay judgment echoes established beliefs of EU officials.
In the wake of Thursday’s Supreme Court ruling, European countries are set to increase the pressure to close the detention centre, and "be guided by established international legal standards, including international human rights law”.
UK-Saudi arms deals uncovered.
GreenNet user Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) uncovers 70 years’ worth of evidence of an unholy trinity at the heart of UK arms deals with Saudi Arabia. An ongoing Serious Fraud Office inquiry into a BAE Systems “slush fund” faces opposition from UK government officials.
Open net calls fall on deaf ears.
Internet campaigners have failed in a bid to prevent plans for a so-called "two-tier" internet from going ahead.The US Communications Opportunity, Promotion, and Enhancement Act has been approved by Senate. Under the plans, providers would be allowed to give customers faster internet access for a fee. "Net neutrality" campaigners have attacked the plan, saying there should be equal access for all…
PC users 'want greener machines'.
Consumers are willing to pay up to an extra £108 for a PC containing fewer chemicals, a Greenpeace survey has found.
Privacy International launches campaign to suspend unlawful activities of finance giant.
The privacy watchdog organisation Privacy International has filed simultaneous complaints with Data Protection and Privacy regulators in 33 countries concerning recent revelations of secret disclosures of millions of records from the banking giant SWIFT to US intelligence agencies. The disclosures, undertaken on the grounds of counter-terrorism, involve the mass transfer of data from the SWIFT…
UK embassies to highlight worldwide use of torture.
June 26 is UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. A new handbook, "Medical Investigation and Documentation of Torture", encouraging the investigation and documentation of state-sanctioned torture in the hope of preventing further abuse is to be distributed to health professionals world-wide through Britain's embassies and diplomatic missions. Read more...
Blogger could go to prison for posting Jesus Cartoons
- Reporters Without Borders say that the Singaporean authorities are violating free expression and trying to foster self-censorship in the country’s blogosphere.
French Microsoft Web site hacked.
Hackers have broken into a part of Microsoft's French Web site, replacing the front page with online graffiti.
Gordon and Trident: What's behind the smoke and mirrors?
Gordon Brown's Mansion house speech last night may be laying the foundations for the government to announce their decision to build the next generation of nuclear weapons - but the Aldermaston Women's Peace Campaign say that nothing in his speech is new. CND demands that a full public and Parliamentary debate takes place on the replacement of the Trident nuclear weapons system.
Chad: Armed Groups Maraud Along Sudan Border.
The governments of Chad and Sudan support armed groups that are committing serious crimes against civilians in eastern Chad, Human Rights Watch say in a briefing paper, “Violence Beyond Borders: The Human Rights Crisis in Eastern Chad,” which documents a drastic deterioration in the human rights situation on the Chad side of the Chad-Sudan border.