Kelvin Lynch reports: The people of Uganda are letting the government there know they do not support an anti-homosexuality measure known as the “Bahati Bill,” named after its author, MP David Bahati. It is one of the most vile, disgusting treaties ever written again the LGBT community, and has been condemned by Human Rights Watch…
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ContactPoint database of 11 million children’s details to go ahead despite security fears
Martin Beckford and Graeme Paton report: Ministers are pressing ahead with the introduction of ContactPoint to every local authority in the country after claiming that a pilot project has proved a success. They say the long-delayed £224 project will make England’s 11million young people safer by providing a single register that can be used by…
UK: Only a ‘minimal’ invasion of privacy: Snooping council spied on family 21 times in 3 weeks
A council which used controversial laws to spy on a mother and her family 21 times in three weeks insisted today that its actions only ‘minimally’ invaded their privacy. Poole Borough Council had also used Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (Ripa) legislation on two other occasions to determine whether families were living in the right…
N.S. Appeal Court rules alleged drug courier’s charter rights weren’t violated
HALIFAX — A man who successfully argued his charter rights were violated when he was arrested with three kilograms of cocaine at Halifax airport four years ago has to stand trial again, Nova Scotia Appeal Court has decided. The original trial judge ruled that Mandeep Singh Chehil’s charter rights were breached on Nov. 16, 2005,…