Are UK Police using Palantir technologies?
By Cicero’s Newsroom Palantir’s Shadow?: UK Police Use of Controversial Data Software Shrouded in Secrecy The Metropolitan Police has refused to confirm or deny whether it has used software developed by Palantir Technologies, the controversial U.S. data analytics company increasingly embedded in law enforcement and public services worldwide. In response Continue Reading
UK HUMAN RIGHTS BLOG LAW ROUND-UP
Health Secretary Wes Streeting revealed last week that the Government has placed an indefinite ban on the use of puberty blockers for trans youth, following advice from the Commission on Human Medicines that the medicines pose an ‘unacceptable safety risk’. The ban also follows the recommendations of the recent Cass Continue Reading
EU REPORT SHOWS INCREASE IN VIOLENCE ON YOUNG LGBTQ+
The report ‘LGBTIQ equality at a crossroads: progress and challenges’ highlights the experiences, views, and challenges LGBTIQ people face in Europe. It also highlights the changes since FRA’s (European Union Agency on Fundamental Rights) previous surveys in 2019 and 2012. The findings reveal signs of slow but gradual progress, with Continue Reading
The Real Cost of Gaza
How TikTok is informing young people about the Palestinian Casualties of the War The Israeli-led conflict in Gaza has led to a significant increase in child amputees, with around 1,000 children losing one or both their legs. This number has risen significantly due to Israel’s ongoing onslaught through densely populated Continue Reading
The 709 Crackdown in China
The massive arrest and detainment of several known civil rights lawyers in China, became kbown as the 709 Crackdown of China (or the 709 Case). This action was designed to display the Chinese Communist Party ultimate power through the government’s preoccupation with public order and maintaining security in Chinese contemporary Continue Reading
HATE CLERIC HAMZA APPEALS FOR UK EXTRADITION
Nearly a decade after serving time for a number of terrorist charges, the hate preacher and cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri has begun a new application to return to the United Kingdom. “Come back home to his family where he belongs” is the message that the terrorist’s wife is trying to Continue Reading
