As the British state harasses and arrests a growing number of activists and dissident journalists, including the author of this piece, UN rapporteurs delivered a forceful letter of protest to London condemning its abuse of counter-terror legislation. In December 2024, a quartet of UN rapporteurs focused on “peaceful assembly and of association” and the “right to privacy” delivered a strongly-worded letter to the British government. Expressing grave concerns about the potential “misapplication of counter-terrorism laws” to arrest, detain, interrogate and […]
Between this and the secret order for Apple to backdoor encryption worldwide, the UK feels only slightly less off the rails as USA. Oh, who am I kidding. USA (my home) is way worse. But UK is still fucking nuts.
