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  1. DRACONIAN NEW #ESPIONAGE LAWS

    Are people in the #UK aware of the severe and sweeping new draconian laws being put forward in the name of "modernising" #espionageLaws?

    Things like life-sentences from the current two-year jail sentence etc.

    #NationalSecurityBill #OfficialSecretsAct #publicInterestDefense #chillingEffect #spying #foreignSpy #arbitraryLawfare #JeremyCorbyn #EdwardSnowden #JulianAssange

  2. The past two days have seen two Council of Europe Safety of Journalists Platform alerts documenting serious threats to media freedom in the UK, the first a Level 2 alert following the recent arrest of three journalists reporting on Just Stop Oil protests and the second a Level 1 alert relating to the UK government's National Security Bill.

    fom.coe.int/en/pays/detail/130

    #pressfreedom #mediafreedom #nationalsecuritybill #juststopoil

  3. There are *no* exceptions to the prohibition of #torture & other ill-treatment. It is unconscionable that the British Government might shield ministers or officials from accountability for assisting murder & torture, or prevent victims of torture from receiving compensation. With 10 other orgs, we have written to the UK Government to raise our serious concerns about the proposed #NationalSecurityBill.
    Read more in The Independent: lnkd.in/eFC34Hqh & The i: lnkd.in/ei2sbJFH.