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Trafigura all over again
I’ve written about Trafigura before. Now they’re at it again, apparently – it’s reported that the BBC has pulled from its website Liz McKean’s original report about the dumping of toxic waste in Ivory Coast in 2006. I think there should be an emergency debate in Parliament about this. Although the case is sub judice, the Speaker always has a discretion to allow debate and questions on matters of national importance. Which this is, especially given the history.
Privacy International: International agreements ignore basic human rights, driven by US, UK, Russia
Privacy international have published a survey of the “effects of new counter-terrorism laws on media and free expression rights in European countries”.
It is a report about the extension of laws which impact on human rights and freedom from interception of communications, through freedom of expression to photography in the street.
John Major on the Threat to our Liberties
John Major has published a seminal article in the Times yesterday in advance of the “42-day detention without trial” vote.
I’m taking the unusual step of reproducing it in its entirety; I hope on this occasion that The Times or Sir John don’t mind.
