As the British state harasses and arrests a growing number of activists and dissident journalists, including the author of this piece, UN rapporteurs delivered a forceful letter of protest to London condemning its abuse of counter-terror legislation. In December 2024, a quartet of UN rapporteurs focused on “peaceful assembly and of association” and the “right to privacy” delivered a strongly-worded letter to the British government. Expressing grave concerns about the potential “misapplication of counter-terrorism laws” to arrest, detain, interrogate and […]
Between this and the secret order for Apple to backdoor encryption worldwide, the UK feels only slightly less off the rails as USA. Oh, who am I kidding. USA (my home) is way worse. But UK is still fucking nuts.
Between this and the secret order for Apple to backdoor encryption worldwide, the UK feels only slightly less off the rails as USA. Oh, who am I kidding. USA (my home) is way worse. But UK is still fucking nuts.