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Privacy International listed the UK as the leading surveillance society in the EU in 2007 in its survey of 47 countries. The UK is the only country within the EU to be classified as ‘an endemic surveillance society’. It finds itself in...
If you think of protest songs then you may think back to the 1960s. Here is a link to a Wikipedia entry on Tom Lehrer . He had retired from touring by the early 60s and was then songwriter for the American version of "That was the Week...
The Olympic torch has been lit in Olympia in Greece and the flame will be carried through many countries on five continents before the Olympics begin in Beijing in August. Protesters were there as they will be along many parts of the...
It’s an old media trick (and Rageh Omaar’s already done it on ITV earlier this week ), but it works – so today I’m starting off with ‘Iraq In Numbers’. To quote Amnesty’s (well-titled) ‘Carnage and despair’ report, the figures tell a...
After finishing university I was at a loss at what to do next, eventually I decided that some volunteer work was the way to go and I settled on a project Scotland placement with Amnesty International. My mission if I chose to accept it...