"As the 50th anniversary of America's revolution against colonialism and the divine right of kings approached, the author of the rebellion's founding document - still alive at age 83 - was asked to attend a July 4, 1826, celebration in Washington." - Ian Geldard
"A draft terror law giving British authorities the power to detain terrorism suspects for up to six weeks without charge violates the fundamental right to liberty and risks undermining counterterrorism efforts, Human Rights Watch has said." - Ian Geldard
"In an ongoing $1bn legal spat between Google and Viacom, a federal judge has ordered the search giant to turn over all existing records of every video viewed on YouTube. That includes user account names and IP addresses." - Ian Geldard
"This 19-page briefing paper analyzes measures in the Counter-Terrorism Bill 2008 that Human Rights Watch believes are incompatible with the UK’s obligations under international human rights law. Much of the debate around the bill has focused legitimately on the government’s renewed effort to extend pre-charge detention beyond the already-excessive 28-day period, which Human Rights Watch believes should be rolled back rather than extended. But the bill contains other provisions that raise serious human rights concerns." - Ian Geldard
"The Lords need to take a hard look at post-charge questioning, notification, and secret inquests, all of which raise serious human rights concerns." - Ian Geldard
"This 19-page briefing paper analyzes measures in the Counter-Terrorism Bill 2008 that Human Rights Watch believes are incompatible with the UK’s obligations under international human rights law. Much of the debate around the bill has focused legitimately on the government’s renewed effort to extend pre-charge detention beyond the already-excessive 28-day period, which Human Rights Watch believes should be rolled back rather than extended. But the bill contains other provisions that raise serious human rights concerns." - Ian Geldard
"'Charge or Release', Liberty’s campaign against any extension of pre-charge detention for terror suspects beyond the current limit of 28 days, has won the Public Affairs News award for Voluntary Sector Public Affairs Campaign of the year." - Ian Geldard
"Liberty Human Rights and their Irish equivalents, the British Irish Rights Watch and the Irish Council for Civil Liberties have actually won a case before the European Court of Human Rights against the United Kingdom Government, regarding domestic and international telephone and other electronic data communications interceptions in the 1990s." - Ian Geldard
"Global Warming. How much is science -- how much is politics? A variety of viewpoints from both believers and skeptics of catastrophic manmade global warming." - Ian Geldard
"The Scottish Islamic Foundation has been launched in Edinburgh. But leading members of this group and many of those who lead its events are closely linked to the Muslim Brotherhood, whose aim is the Islamisation of Britain and Europe." - Ian Geldard
"In its effort to fight terrorism, France routinely arrests and prosecutes people for being associated with possible terror suspects, undermining international fair trial standards" - Ian Geldard
"Marine Corps Intelligence Activity (MCIA) Marine Corps Midrange Threat Estimate: 2005-2015, written at the For Official Use Only level, 104 printed pages." - Ian Geldard
"After a two-week fact-finding tour of U.S. prison and detention facilities, Philip Alston, U.N. human rights investigator, has blasted the administration of President George W. Bush for a rash of shortcomings in the country’s flawed justice system and continued violations of the rule of law." - Ian Geldard
