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Why is Obama still locking up so many innocent women and kids on US soil?

Dree K Collopy and Stephen J Manning: An exodus from rape and murder in Latin America has been met with inhumane conditions and a hopeless message that must change: we will send you back

Published: 4 Nov 2014

Why is Obama still locking up so many innocent women and kids on US soil?
Civil liberties advocate opposes use of online avatars to catch sex offenders

Terry O’Gorman speaks out after conviction of Brisbane man over interactions with a computer-generated image of Sweetie

Published: 23 Oct 2014

Civil liberties advocate opposes use of online avatars to catch sex offenders
Rise of 'voiceprint' ID technology has privacy campaigners concerned

Identification of people through speech could dent trust in anonymous services, such as crime hotlines and counselling services

Published: 13 Oct 2014

Rise of 'voiceprint' ID technology has privacy campaigners concerned

- The Moazzam Begg case shows how Muslims are criminalised
  
  Letters: Theresa May’s latest proposals will require no evidence, just the perception of harassment, alarm or distress
  
  Published: 3 Oct 2014
  
  The Moazzam Begg case shows how Muslims are criminalised
- Indefinite ban on reporting of counter-terrorism preventive detention order
  
  No end date on NSW supreme court order against reporting on information about order made before counter-terrorism raids
  
  Published: 22 Sep 2014
  
  Indefinite ban on reporting of counter-terrorism preventive detention order
- Anti-graft officers search Hong Kong home of media tycoon Jimmy Lai
  
  Raid on house of Apple Daily founder and pro-democracy supporter, due to 'claims of bribes paid to lawmakers', says ICAC
  
  Published: 28 Aug 2014
  
  Anti-graft officers search Hong Kong home of media tycoon Jimmy Lai
- David Leyonhjelm believes security changes restrict ordinary Australians
  
  Liberal Democratic party senator says intelligence authorities will have greater surveillance powers with less oversight
  
  Published: 16 Aug 2014
  
  David Leyonhjelm believes security changes restrict ordinary Australians
- Metadata debate: the need for warrants should be our guiding principle
  
  Bret Walker: Without the orthodox protection of a warrant from an independent authority to fetch metadata, the Australian public is likely to remain concerned about the government’s proposals
  
  Published: 11 Aug 2014
  
  Metadata debate: the need for warrants should be our guiding principle
- Can we get an American Civil Liberties Union in Australia, please?
  
  Hannah Ryan: The courtroom can be an effective forum for activism, and the Americans know it. The ACLU, with its huge budget and relentless drive, could be replicated here with great results
  
  Published: 25 Jul 2014
  
  Can we get an American Civil Liberties Union in Australia, please?

- Breaking the spell of the official terrorism narrative
  
  Arun Kundnani and Jeanne Theoharis: The UK government tried to disappear Talha Ahsan and Babar Ahmad to the US, but the basic rules of evidence were unexpectedly applied
  
  Published: 23 Jul 2014
  
  Breaking the spell of the official terrorism narrative
- Edward Snowden interview - the edited transcript
  
  The whistleblower speaks to Alan Rusbridger and Ewen MacAskill about life in Russia, the NSA culture, his time there and the future of communication
  
  Published: 18 Jul 2014
  
  Edward Snowden interview - the edited transcript
- Grieve, Clarke and Green were last protectors of our human rights laws
  
  Cabinet trio kept right arm of Tories at bay, and their rabid hatred of all things Europe – even conventions that protect our liberties
  
  Published: 15 Jul 2014
  
  Grieve, Clarke and Green were last protectors of our human rights laws
- Five alternative American heroes: the women we shouldn't have missed
  
  Our 10 alternative American heroes contained only one woman. With your help, we redress the balance
  
  Published: 11 Jul 2014
  
  Five alternative American heroes: the women we shouldn't have missed
- Without a national security hero, Brandis's laws could go unscrutinised
  
  Fergal Davis: If the attorney general convinces Labor to wave his planned national security laws through parliament, who will step up to ensure they are properly examined?
  
  Published: 7 Jul 2014
  
  Without a national security hero, Brandis's laws could go unscrutinised
- The Guardian view: loving liberty means embracing human rights
  
  Editorial: The declaration of independence is heading for London, to celebrate Magna Carta's birthday. But the European convention also deserves its place in the scripture of liberty
  
  Published: 3 Jul 2014
  
  The Guardian view: loving liberty means embracing human rights

- Fifty years on, the civil rights act has remade US politics
  
  Gary Younge: Lyndon Johnson bartered the Democrats' strength in the south for a principle – and set a presidential standard not rivalled since
  
  Published: 29 Jun 2014
  
  Fifty years on, the civil rights act has remade US politics
- Thai junta drive to 'return happiness' - in pictures
  
  Thailand's junta is waging a propaganda offensive to encourage "national happiness" following a military coup
  
  Published: 18 Jun 2014
  
  Thai junta drive to 'return happiness' - in pictures
- Ben Whitaker obituary
  
  Former Labour MP for Hampstead who made important contributions to civil liberties in the UK and abroad
  
  Published: 15 Jun 2014
  
  Ben Whitaker obituary
- Oprah Winfrey to play activist in Martin Luther King movie Selma
  
  Winfrey, who is also producing the movie, will take on the role of police-defying Annie Lee Cooper
  
  Published: 12 Jun 2014
  
  Oprah Winfrey to play activist in Martin Luther King movie Selma
- Bad drugs, veins and policy: Oklahoma fits a pattern of botched US executions
  
  Austin Sarat: Clayton Lockett joins the 7% of American lethal injections gone bad. If you're looking for a reason to abolish the death penalty, the evidence is right there on the gurney
  
  Published: 2 May 2014
  
  Bad drugs, veins and policy: Oklahoma fits a pattern of botched US executions

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