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Why surveillance matters for Labour

By Andrew Noakes

Next week the Labour Campaign for Human Rights will be hosting a screening of CITIZENFOUR, a new documentary about the Snowden revelations. We’re encouraging all Labour supporters to attend and learn more about the data surveillance debate…

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The fight to defend the Human Rights Act is on

By Andrew Noakes

As we approach the European elections, we’ll be reminded yet again that the Tories want to repeal the Human Rights Act (HRA) and possibly pull out of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) altogether. The issue unfortunately gets…

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Labour is breaking from the past on civil liberties

By Andrew Noakes

It’s been more than three years since Ed Miliband trumpeted his liberal credentials after winning the Labour Party leadership. Disowning the knee-jerk authoritarianism of the Blair era, he said government itself can become a vested interest…

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Introducing the Labour Campaign for Human Rights

By Andrew Noakes

Today I am very pleased to announce the formation of the Labour Campaign for Human Rights. We are a group of Labour activists who are determined that Labour should be the party of human rights. Human rights are core Labour values. They are…

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