Suspect Nation Film night and Discussion

bristol | policing | opinion/analysis Friday May 18, 2012 16:40 by kebele political events

Since Tony Blair’s New Labour government came to power in 1997, the UK civil liberties landscape has changed dramatically. ASBOs wereintroduced by Section 1 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 and first used in 1999. The right to remain silent is no longer universal. Our right to privacy, free from interception of communications has been severely curtailed. The ability to travel without surveillance (or those details of our journeys being retained) has disappeared.

Indeed, as Henry Porter (the Observer journalist famous for his recent email clash with Tony Blair over the paring down of civil liberties) reveals in this unsettling film, our movements are being watched, and recorded, more than ever before. (Excerpt from channel4.com)

Suspect Nation- film Night and Discussion

Kebele Social Centre- 14 Robertson Rd easton bs5 6jy

7:30pm

21st May