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Akiko Hart

@akikomhart

Director of @libertyhq | Professor in Practice @DurhamIMH | Trustee @ProBonoEcon | Views all mine | she/her

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calendar_today11-11-2016 21:40:38

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BREAKING We said we would #DefendDemocracy... AND WE'VE WON our case against Government anti-protest laws that completely ignored the will of Parliament

BREAKING

We said we would #DefendDemocracy...

AND WE'VE WON our case against Government anti-protest laws that completely ignored the will of Parliament
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WE’VE WON our case against Government anti-protest laws that completely ignored the will of Parliament. WATCH & SHARE ⬇️ #DefendDemocracy

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"The government cannot step outside the law to do whatever it wants. This should not be a controversial statement, but in recent years it has become increasingly important to remind the current UK government of this fact." Akiko Hart Guardian Opinion theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

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The Guardian view on peaceful protests: the high court has preserved a fundamental right | Editorial theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Aaron Walawalkar (@aaronwala) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Our latest Liberty Investigates report w Metro has uncovered new evidence of universities monitoring Gaza protesters and offering to share intel with police. One student was visited at home by police days after the force contacted her university over a tweet shared from a rally.⤵️

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"The Home Office’s decision to continue the case shows disregard for the rule of law and completely goes against previous statements from the government just last month that they would not abuse the use of secondary legislation." - Akiko Hart independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…

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“I have no doubt that when we fail, Amnesty UK, Human Rights Watch and Liberty will scream at us - and good”. Attorney General's Office promising a change in how this Government will work with human rights groups.

“I have no doubt that when we fail, <a href="/AmnestyUK/">Amnesty UK</a>, <a href="/hrw/">Human Rights Watch</a> and <a href="/libertyhq/">Liberty</a> will scream at us - and good”. 

<a href="/attorneygeneral/">Attorney General's Office</a> promising a change in how this Government will work with human rights groups.
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"When rights-limiting legislation is justified based on the popularity of said cause, this should be treated with deep scepticism." ✍️ Akiko Hart of Liberty on why Labour should uphold protestors’ rights: labourlist.org/2024/10/govern…

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“It’s possible to be supportive in principle of assisted dying, as Liberty is, and also hold serious reservations about the contents of the Assisted Dying Bill and the way it is moving through Parliament”, writes Akiko Hart politics.co.uk/comment/2024/1…

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🚨 THIS WEEK, we're back in Court to #DefendDemocracy Here's everything that's happened so far in our fight against Government anti-protest powers. WATCH AND SHARE 👇

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This is a real demonstration of the human impact of an ever-increasing hostile space for protest in the UK. Gaie should not have to return to prison due to failures of the justice system. We stand in full solidarity. theguardian.com/environment/20…

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This is a CONCERNING use of facial recognition tech. "The police need to answer as to why they are still holding this highly personal data more than 10 years after the courts said this is against the law." - Charlie Whelton Parliament MUST act to regulate the use of this technology.

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🚨BREAKING Liberty Investigates @skynews At least 28 universities investigated as many as 113 students & staff over pro-Palestine protest activity Unis shared students' data & images with police This is a SHOCKING crackdown on students' right to protest: youtube.com/watch?v=SUpQ0j…

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BREAKING Liberty, Privacy International, Ben Wizner & Gus Hosein are challenging the Gov’s SECRET data access order to Apple The Gov wants to create a back door to users’ private iCloud data. This could put BILLIONS of people's personal data at risk of hacking and access by foreign Gov’s

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🚨BREAKING: Investigatory Powers Tribunal will hear Liberty’s and Privacy International's case against UK Gov’s attempts to secretly force Apple to give it access to people’s iCloud data This case is vital to protect BILLIONS of people’s privacy

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Investigatory Powers Tribunal will hear Liberty’s and <a href="/privacyint/">Privacy International</a>'s case against UK Gov’s attempts to secretly force Apple to give it access to people’s iCloud data

This case is vital to protect BILLIONS of people’s privacy
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🚨BREAKING🚨 WE’VE WON OUR CASE TO #DefendDemocracy The Court of Appeal has ruled that anti-protest laws which completely ignored the will of Parliament are unlawful

🚨BREAKING🚨

WE’VE WON OUR CASE TO #DefendDemocracy

The Court of Appeal has ruled that anti-protest laws which completely ignored the will of Parliament are unlawful