Civil rights and security issues are major concerns thanks to the perceived increase in terrorist activities. Recent changes in the law have given the authorities extra powers but have also taken away certain civil and human rights from the public.
11 September 2001
Most of the governments around the world have increased their security measure since the 9/11 atrocities, and rightly so. But many people think that these security measures will do nothing to stop further terrorist activities if they were to happen again on this scale. Instead, the increased security measures have been perceived by many as a step back when it comes curtailing the human and civil rights of citizens.
The Land of the Free
Since 9/11, security measures in America have taken, what some might call, a drastic turn for the worst. The authorities in America now have the right to arrest, torture and hold suspected “enemies of America” indefinitely in prison camps. The authorities can also deny these alleged enemies any rights or guarantees of protection contained in the Bill of Rights. Arrest and incarceration without trial can apply to anyone who disagrees with the American government and this is a breach of the right to freedom of speech.
Terrorism and the UK
Previously, the authorities in the UK could hold terrorist suspects without charge for 28 days. Some senior police authorities have stated that they would like an indefinite incarceration period. There were calls by the government and the police to increase this limit to 90 days. Members of Parliament rejected the 90 day increase a number of times and in 2005 it was then Prime Minister Tony Blair's first defeat in the House of Commons.
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When the Terrorism Act 2000 was passed it gave the police extra powers when it came to the stop and search process. Under section 44 the police can stop and search anyone without the need for reasonable suspicion if they are within a designated area. At the moment the whole of greater London has been designated as a section 44 stop and search area. Since the introduction of section 44 in London there has been a 37% increase in the number of stop and search procedures.
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The Right to Privacy
The UK government has plans for a database that will hold records of every telephone call, email and text made in Britain. These records will be held on a government database and can be accessed by authorities such as the police. The Communications Data Bill was proposed but never became law in its original form. There has been major opposition to this new database with many comparisons to George Orwell’s 1984 novel. There have also been protests regarding the infringements of civil and human rights of British citizens if this database is implemented.
National Identity Cards
The new British Identity cards have also been the cause of some controversy. The ID card scheme was scrapped in 2010 by the Coalition government. Biometric data will include fingerprints and this information will be held on a national identity register. These identity cards have already been rolled out to foreign nationals living in the UK. In its first ten years this identity card scheme will cost £4.7 billion, although this figure does not include the cost of implementing equipment to scan the cards.
Surveillance Society
Britain has become a surveillance society and at the moment there are 4.2 million CCTV cameras in the UK. This works out at one camera for every 14 people in Britain. Statistics show that every person in Britain can be caught up 300 times per day on a CCTV camera. A recent report by the human right’s organisation Privacy International states that the UK has the worst record of any western democracy of protecting the privacy of individuals.
Many people will argue the case that if a citizen has nothing to hide there should not be a problem with any government security measures. However, the implementation of these measures can be seen as increased governmental control over the public. These security measures do infringe on civil and human rights, and in many cases the government has given the public no choice in the matter. There is no doubt that security had to be substantially increased to reflect the increased threat of terrorism, but at what cost to human and civil rights?
I had to give a statement as I was witness to a death.
I did give the statement on my own in the interview room. But when it was read out in the coroners court, some of the wording was not how I would have wanted it; even though I asked that particular sentence to be changed at the time.
My daughter was abused by her father he wanted to violate her and Metropolitan Police didn't investigate the case. Because they don't investigate the case they take my daughter right to the medical assistance. In last two years my daughter isn't allowed to be in contact with a specialist and now she has a POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISCORDER.
Also they took her right to have a solicitor or an advocate.
The same thing they doing and with other two persons.
They telling me about evidence
Which evidence if they don't recorded the cases in the NATIONAL COMPUTER SISTEM like in the LAW :all the allegations about abuse became directly subject to criminal conduct under the National Crime Recording Standard. "
The Metropolitan Police look like a band serial killers, acting under oath against the population. Garbage are not always in dumpster they are alive and walk among us.
They must be eradicated if not we become a nation of corrupt criminals pedophiles
The media are more honest and trustworthy than the police and have always tried to report the truth but the police force do the opposite.
What sort of world are we all trying to survive in where the police are actually the ones destroying even the most basic of human rights??????.
When did it became acceptable and legal for a police officer A PCSO to be precise to force you to let them enter a single female's home and say that because they have reported disability hate crime that they must be mental because their lack of intelligence means that anyone with an invisible incurable terminal illness who owns their own home is mental and literally torture them to death because of their pure arrogance and stupidity.
Anyone wish to change this system and make the world better for future generations then please reply and quickly.
Strength in numbers is the only way to get legal justice and make the force change their prejudice against anyone who they chose for no reason other than their own ignorance.
Please don't let this continue and all stand together as one and no longer be just lone voices.
We all have human rights.
Anyone who believes that the human and equalities laws are not applicable and should never be given to anyone with any illness then move to my area and see for yourself. West Wales and Dyfed Powys police have a five year case file to answer too. One station specifically. The police ignorance is disgusting with regards to physical illness. They should be ashamed and disgusted by their actions. To call a terminal illness patient mental for no reason other than being a single female is horrific but FACT. I do have written evidence and a long case file to prove my abuse by one specific station. All avenues have been exhausted and been told tough it's my fault for having a terminal illness and reporting disability hate crime.
So I am sorry to say that despite all these laws Police are above the rule of law, when the IPCC, PCC, MP, Chief Constable, SRA, Legal Services Board, and Law Society, all have been contacted and I have written refusal from them all to provide for investigating solicitors for the crime of fraud.
It is fraud as he is not a valid solicitor, he served 2 custodial sentences for stealing and fraud which neither the Law society nor the SRA knew about until I was in court and he admitted such to the judge. I later found out he was only a qualified Legal Executive. Then he was charging all his clients Grade 'A' fees when at best a Grade 'C'. Then he was charging all his staff fees, including trainees at Grade 'A' fees.
So Police and Solicitors are above the rule of law, when you are not provided protection by those in trust to provide. I have the statements that are damning this is the reality, including MoU's where they all have agreement to provide protection of solicitors.
My 16 year old daughter flew for the first time on sunday from Liverpool airport.
At security she was patted down by a female security guard. She was asked for her age and if she was travelling alone.
The female guard searched thoroughly and then told my daughter that she was going to put her hand INSIDE her bra as part of the search.
Surely that is not right. I have never seen it during my time gong through customs, and does that not class as sexual assault?
I made my journey back from my mother in laws house and had pulled outside my house when this whole drama took place
They gave no reasoning to me for the whole questioning apart from saying your vechicle was sspotted On a site of a crime
When i asked what crime they said they could not say
I had my 6year old crying his eyes out, as he thought these officers were going to arrest me
They didnt care less that the child was crying
one of them asked my child if he had been arrested
At this point of the time i felt on edge and again asked them what they were looking for as they had no reasoning for the stop nor the right to speak to my child
I will be taking this further as i am sick to the stomach
Please can anyone tell me what i can do to find out why i was stopped and what gives them the right to speak to my 6 year old
Of course if you are alone and no witnesses are present to back you up later they can and I am positive they
do make up a bogus claim to arrest you and generally run a lawn mower through your civil rights.
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