Brussels Times: Belgium must lift ‘all Covid-19 measures’ within 30 days, Brussels court rules
Belgium ordered by Brussels Court to lift “all coronavirus measures” within 30 days as lawsuit by League for Human Rights challenges insufficient
Independent: UK heading towards ‘paramilitary policing’ under proposed policing protest laws, warns ex-police chief
Britain is heading towards a system of “paramilitary policing” under controversial new measures proposed by the government which allow them to flex
Russell Brand: New Covid Protest Laws – To Protect You or Shut You Up?
Have Covid and the disturbance at Capitol Hill been used as an excuse for lawmakers to push through rules that criminalise peaceful
Declassified UK: Britain’s secret political police
A shocking story of how a special squad of Britain’s Metropolitan Police, in collusion with MI5 – the domestic ‘security’ service –
Shami Chakrabarti in the Guardian: After the Sarah Everard vigil scandal, who still thinks the police need extra powers?
Given the Met’s brutal treatment of peaceful women, the timing of Priti Patel’s bill to boost policing of protests couldn’t be worse
Russell Brand: The REAL Reason Edward Snowden Hasn’t Been Pardoned
Brand notes that successive US presidents refuse to pardon Edward Swowden and other whistleblowers. Were they traitors to their country, or is
