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2 Mar 2012
The ideal of participatory democracy is to give ordinary citizens the possibility of participating in the public decision-making. The very idea of democracy...
21 Feb 2012
government control | ID | identification | liberty | Politics | security | Government | Human rights | Law
In an age of technology, more and more information can be gathered from an individual for security measures, for example for fingerprint[1] or iris[2] checks...
20 Feb 2012
Airports | Human rights | liberty | Politics | Profiling | security | terrorism | Transport | Airport Security | Terrorism | Society
Profiling at airports has become hotly debated in recent years, following attempted airline bombings such as the 2009 Christmas Day Bomber, the Shoe Bomber,...
17 Feb 2012
authoritarianism | civil rights | freedom | liberty | Privacy | security | terrorism | Human rights | Political philosophy | Law | Philosophy
The events of September 11th 2001 resulted in governments all over the world taking extraordinary measures to enhance the security of their citizens. Whether...
13 Sep 2011
At present police can remove samples of DNA from individuals suspected of involvement in a specified crime, commonly by the removal of cells from the mouth...
13 Sep 2011
Double jeopardy | justice | law | liberty | prosecution | re-trial | Law
Double jeopardy is a long-standing legal principle existing in many countries which dictates that a defendant cannot be tried twice for the same crime. ...
13 Sep 2011
Culture | Defamation | justice | law | liberty | Media | News | Politics | Press | Privacy | Rights | Culture
Defamation is the term used to describe the action of damaging an individual's reputation or character and laws governing defamation are amongst some of...
13 Sep 2011
anti-terrorism | Human rights | liberty | Scanning | screening | security | Science
Full-body screening at airports is a topic that became particularly relevant after the December 25, 2009 "Christmas Bomber" attempted terrorist...
13 Sep 2011
cannabis law | Cannabis legalization | cannabis prohibition | drug law | drugs | hashish | health | liberty | marijuana | Law
Governments all over the world have spent decades and billions fighting a "war on drugs". However, many believe that the most commonly used illegal drug,...
