Women duped by undercover officers challenge attempt to block lawsuit
Claim police chiefs cannot contest case because of strict privacy policy is 'absurd' and 'shambolic', high court toldWomen who say they were deceived into forming long-term, sexual relationships with...
View ArticlePolice chiefs have an air of King Canute as they defend their secrecy stance...
Lawyers for the police have been in the High Court to defend "neither confirm nor deny" policy surrounding spies and their operationsThe latest attempts by police chiefs to block the women's legal case...
View ArticleThe Met turned me into a domestic extremist with tweets and trivia | Jenny Jones
Spying on an elected politician with no arrests shows that the Metropolitan police has lost sight of what it is there to do Green party peer put on database of 'extremists'I would describe myself as...
View ArticleNo answer on how many elected politicians have been monitored by police |...
Two Green Party politicians have criticised police chiefs who recorded their political activities on a secret database that tracks 'domestic extremists'How many elected politicians have been monitored...
View ArticlePolice say they have not counted how many politicians they have been...
Police chiefs also have not counted how many campaigners recorded in 'domestic extremism' files have no criminal recordIt seems as though we may never know how many elected politicians have been...
View ArticleBNP infiltrator seeks police admission of covert operation
Gary Shopland says he has been unfairly branded racist after he was secretly sent by police to spy on British National partyA man who says he was recruited and sent by a covert police unit to...
View Article'Why police recruited me to infiltrate the British National party' video
Gary Shopland says he was recruited by the police to infiltrate the British National party. Shopland worked as the BNP leader Nick Griffin's bodyguard during an election campaign. When his identity as...
View ArticleInquiry into undercover police may lead to quashing of protesters' convictions
Investigation set up by Theresa May will examine if campaigners were wrongly convicted because police officers lied in courtA wide-ranging inquiry launched on Thursday into the operations of undercover...
View ArticleFurther headaches for police chiefs as more activists' convictions could be...
Mark Ellison QC starts independent inquiry into possible injustices involving undercover police officersAnother strand of the police's long-running undercover infiltration of political groups appears...
View ArticleWomen duped by Met undercover officers win high court ruling
Met cannot use 'neither confirm nor deny' in response to claims for damages by those tricked into forming sexual relationshipsWomen claiming damages from the Metropolitan police after being tricked...
View ArticleBoris Johnson calls surveillance of Green peer Jenny Jones 'absolutely...
Boris Johnson said the police recorded "pathetic things" on the secret file of Green Party peer Jenny JonesLondon Mayor Boris Johnson has criticised Scotland Yard for secretly monitoring a Green Party...
View ArticlePolice chiefs under acute pressure to admit truth to women deceived by spies...
Personal embarrassment for Bernard Hogan-Howe over lawsuit brought by women deceived by undercover spiesPolice chiefs appear now to be under acute pressure over the legal action brought by the women...
View ArticleSecret Met police unit held information on 18 campaigns for justice
Investigation finds unit had records on Stephen Lawrence campaign and 17 others, including Jean Charles de MenezesInformation on 18 justice campaigns for murder victims and those who died following...
View ArticleUndercover police gathered evidence on 18 grieving families
Intelligence covering high-profile campaigns was collected between the mid-1980s and 2005 and affected families including those of Jean Charles de Menezes and Stephen LawrenceUndercover police officers...
View ArticlePolice chiefs were aware six years ago that undercover unit 'had lost moral...
SDS was regarded as out of control force within a force Intelligence 'hoovered up' on campaigning familiesThe Scotland Yard undercover unit that gathered intelligence on 18 grieving families was known...
View ArticleActivists complain to IPCC over police efforts to recruit them as informers
Four campaigners lodge complaint with police watchdog that approaches left them feeling intimidated, stressed and paranoidFour campaigners have lodged a complaint with an official watchdog, alleging...
View ArticlePolice forced to name undercover officers who duped women
Metropolitan police lose legal fight over keeping secret the names of officers who fathered children with their 'targets'Police chiefs have been forced to confirm for the first time the identities of...
View ArticleUndercover officers will not be charged over relationships with women
Met is considering whether to bring misconduct proceedings as CPS says there is insufficient evidence to charge officersProsecutors have decided not to charge four undercover officers for forming...
View ArticleWomen need protection from undercover officers | Owen Jones
By deciding not to charge officers who had sexual relations with female activists, the state is looking after its ownImagine the scenario. You meet someone and, from the outset, the attraction is...
View ArticleThe police were spying on me rather than looking for Rickys killers Sukhdev Reel
In 1997, Sukhdev Reels son Ricky died in what she believes was a racist attack. Last month, she discovered that while she was campaigning for justice, she was being spied on by undercover police. As...
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