27-03-2008, 00:19
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Haw Law No More
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2...nstitution.law
Sections of the Serious Organised Crime & Police Act 2005, brought in to stop Brian Haw's protests outside Parliament, are to be repealed.
Oh, & after discussions about the role of the Attorney General, after all the controversy regarding the Iraq War "Advice", the BAE alleged fraud enquiry, and the "loans for honours" scandal... the role of the AG will actually end up being as strong as before, or stronger...
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27-03-2008, 06:55
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Re: Haw Law No More
This is not before time; I would say it's a victory for common sense, if only that weren't a contradiction in terms in today's Britain. It says a great deal about HMG if they're so insecure about free speech (which they say they approve of) that they need to pass a specific law just to try to silence one man.
And it didn't even work - he's still there!
Mind you, if this had been China, they might have run him over with a tank or shot him or something...then again, they haven't got Phorm hanging over their heads...
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27-03-2008, 07:56
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Re: Haw Law No More
erm, Let's not get too carried away about Phorm, comparing it to Tianamen Square, shall we? 
If we want to be factual, the Chinese don't have to worry about Phorm - they already have much worse done by the Government opennet
" Cybercafés, which provide an important source of access to the Internet for many Chinese, are required by law to track Internet usage by customers and to keep correlated information on file for 60 days. "
and this link
"China is the only country in the world to have tens of thousands of cyber-censors and cyber-police. They have had special sections in every local Public Security Bureau for the past few years. Although their activities are a wellkept state secret, this report reveals their impressive ability to purge the Internet of news and information that embarrass the government. The cyber-police have been involved in the arrest of several hundred Internet users and cyber-dissidents in the past 10 years"
Good to hear these sections of the law are being repealed, though.
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27-03-2008, 07:56
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Re: Haw Law No More
Major result for an internet campaign led by Tim Ireland, who'll now have trouble shifting the LOLCATs t-shirts.
http://www.bloggerheads.com/archives...a_over_and.asp
http://www.bloggerheads.com/archives...alf-time_4.asp
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