HJA Civil Liberties
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A dedicated feed from the Civil Liberties & Human Rights team at Hodge Jones & Allen solicitors. Protecting rights is our priority. https://www.hja.net/legal-services/civil-liberties-and-human-rights/ Tel: 0330 822 5788
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A Thames Valley Police Officer was jailed this week for engaging in a relationship with a suspect during an ongoing investigation. Sasha Barton of our team represents the victim of this serious breach of trust, who has been significantly impacted by the officer’s conduct. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Thames Valley Police officer who had sex with suspect jailed
Matthew Lynch, who was based in Slough, had a relationship with the woman for six months in 2021.
www.bbc.com
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A domestic violence victim cannot sue a police force and the Crown Prosecution Service after her new address was disclosed to her abuser by a barrister in court, because of the "extension" of the immunity given to advocates in court, the Court of Appeal has ruled www.bbc.com/news/article...
Victim cannot sue authorities after abuser told new address
The Court of Appeal rules both the CPS and Sussex Police are protected by immunity.
www.bbc.com
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Nick Gratwick, who was found guilty on Friday of 38 paedophile offences and schemed to rape children as young as six, was revealed at his trial to have been a police informer who spied on environmental and animal rights activists @robevansgdn.bsky.social
#Spycops www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Man convicted of 38 paedophile offences revealed as police informer who spied on UK activists
Trial of Nick Gratwick, 68, who schemed to rape children as young as six, exposes previous role among green protesters
www.theguardian.com
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hodgejonesallen.bsky.social
Paul Stephenson OBE was a cornerstone of British civil rights.

From the Bristol Bus Boycott to decades of campaigning, he pushed the nation toward justice and equality.

A fearless legacy worth honouring.

#BHM2025 #BlackHistoryMonth
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The interim chair of the Criminal Cases Review Commission has announced a ‘full professional inspection’ of the body’s case work by the CPS inspectorate, following criticism over failures in high-profile miscarriages of justice and long delays to investigations
www.thejusticegap.com/miscarriage-...
Miscarriage of justice watchdog invites CPS inspectorate to review handling of potential wrongful convictions – The Justice Gap
www.thejusticegap.com
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A Gloucestershire police officer who
transferred to the county earlier this year has been suspended pending a misconduct investigation after appearing in a BBC Panorama investigation that exposed racism and misogyny at Charing Cross Police Station www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Gloucestershire police officer suspended after Panorama programme
The officer, who transferred from the Metropolitan Police, faces a misconduct investigation.
www.bbc.co.uk
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libertyhq.bsky.social
Are you worried or confused about the proposed law to restrict 'cumulative protests'?

We've contributed to this article breaking down your protest rights and what this new law could mean

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
How would tougher powers for police affect protests in England and Wales?
The home secretary has announced plans to allow officers to consider the impact of repeated demonstrations
www.theguardian.com
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inquest-org.bsky.social
🗞️ October 2025 Newsletter is out!

All of this month's latest updates including:

🟣 Landmark introduction of Hillsborough Law to Parliament
🟣Urgent amendments to Mental Health Bill to safeguard children
🟣Fatal consequences of racist immigration policies

Read more 🔽
Newsletter: October 2025
All the latest on the Hillsborough Law's introduction to Parliament, amendments to the Mental Health Bill and the fatal consequences of racist immigration policies
www.inquest.org.uk
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Clearsprings Ready Homes, a company providing accommodation to asylum seekers, has made nearly £187m in profits since being awarded lucrative government contracts, despite allegations of terrible conditions at the hotels it uses www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Asylum hotel provider makes £180m profit despite claims of inedible food and rationed loo paper
Asylum seekers and charities tell BBC of
www.bbc.co.uk
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Netpol's 'State of Protest' report for 2024 launched with a stark title: ‘This is Repression’. On the second anniversary of the continuing genocide in Gaza, it is hard to know what we will call our assessment of protest rights for 2025.

Perhaps ‘An End to Our Illusions’? netpol.org/2025/10/06/a...
Photo of protesters opposing the ban on Palestine Action, Trafalgar Square, London, 4 October 2025
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Amnesty UK condemns the horrific attack on the East Sussex Mosque this weekend.

We offer solidarity to Muslim communities who will be shaken by this act of violence.

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⚠️ Introducing new powers to restrict our fundamental right to protest is not the answer

During times of fear people understandably want to see action, but restricting protest further is likely to fuel tensions by taking away legal and safe ways for people to make their voices heard
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Police already have huge powers to restrict protests.

Handing them more would undermine our rights further while failing to keep people safe from violence like the horrific and heartbreaking anti-Semitic attack in Manchester.

www.bbc.com/news/article...
Police to get broader powers to crack down on repeated protests
The move is not a ban on protests but "about restrictions and conditions", Shabana Mahmood tells the BBC.
www.bbc.com
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davidallengreen.bsky.social
The government want more coercive powers for the state against protests, and the main opposition party wants more coercive powers for the state against migrants.

Our political-media culture continues in a loop where the response to every perceived problem is yet more coercive powers for the state.
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A coroner has ruled the Home Office missed opportunities to assess the mental health of asylum seeker Leonard Farruku before he was moved on to the Bibby Stockholm where he took his own life www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Home Office ‘missed opportunities’ to assess asylum seeker who took his own life
Leonard Farruku died onboard the Bibby Stockholm in December 2023.
www.independent.co.uk
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Ministers are to give police new powers to target repeated protests, with possible strengthening of powers to ban some protests outright. This follows previous restrictions including protest-related measures in the crime and policing bill going through parliament www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Police to get new powers to crack down on repeated protests, says Home Office
Move follows arrest of almost 500 people at latest pro-Palestinian demonstration in London on Saturday
www.theguardian.com
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Just out - our report on the #spycops public inquiry's questioning of Malcolm MacLeod, the unit's boss in the mid 1980s. Ludicrously self-contradictory, he admitted 'it's really, really difficult to defend the indefensible.' He still tried. campaignopposingpolicesurveillance.com/2025/10/04/u...
UCPI – Daily Report: 10 & 11 February 2025 - HN69 Malcolm MacLeod
Report of the Undercover Policing Inquiry questioning Malcolm MacLeod, the spycops unit's manager in the mid 1980s
campaignopposingpolicesurveillance.com
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“These harmful policies isolate people from community, support and healthcare, and deny them dignity. Amid racist rhetoric around immigration, we must remember the real human cost.” www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Home Office ‘missed opportunities’ to assess asylum seeker who took his own life
Leonard Farruku died onboard the Bibby Stockholm in December 2023.
www.independent.co.uk
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A sergeant at Charing Cross police station has been arrested on suspicion of perverting the course of justice over allegation linked to Panorama investigation showing officers calling for immigrants to be shot, revelling in use of force & being dismissive of rape claims www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Serving Met police officer arrested after BBC Panorama investigation
The officer has been bailed and suspended from duty, the Met police says.
www.bbc.co.uk
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A René Cassin statement…